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Metamorphites

      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.


1447
kvarcit - polohy v břidl. rul.
g1447
1460
porfyroid
g1460
3538
turmalinovec /turmalin. fylit/
g3538
5383
grafitické fylity
g5383
6175
stromatit
g6175
6503
ortorula
g6503
    

In the Virtual Museum there are total 533 samples


Virtual museum of the Czech Geological Survey, www.geology.cz, (C) Czech Geological Survey, 2011, v.0.99 [13.12.2011]