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      The metamorphic rocks are derived from pre-existing sedimentary and magmatic rocks by mineralogical, chemical, and structural changes, essentially in the solid state, in response to marked changes in temperature and/or pressure (both hydrostatic and oriented), during deeper burial into deeper parts of the Earth´s crust. During these processes parallel orientation of newly formed minerals generally forms (schistosity). Hydrothermal metamorphism represents a special type, because it is related to the migration of solutions near ore veins. Contact metamorphism results from temperature effect near contact with magmatite bodies.


ortorula

No. of sample: g6503
Rock: ortorula, metamorfity
Description: jeden kus
Localization: Dvorce u Borovan
Author: leg.Geol.p. 1967
Comment: moldanubikum - jednotvárná série česká větev
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