granulite in English

noun
1
a fine-grained, granular metamorphic rock in which the main component minerals are typically feldspars and quartz.
These rocks display clear prograde metamorphism that peaks in granulite facies.

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1. The suite includes eclogite, Amphibolite, clinopyroxenite, garnet websterite, granulite, and spinel peridotite (Nealey and Sheridan 1989)

2. 16 The ore bed hosts in boracic granulite of Lieryu formation, Liaohe group of lower proterozoic.

3. Granulite- and amphibolite-facies metamorphism was superimposed during the rapid uplift of high-pressure rocks.

4. At the Bogala graphite mine, the rocks are of the granulite and almandine amphibolite metamorphic facies.

5. Up to 10% cash back  · Published: June 2000 Titaniferous magnetite–ilmenite thermometry and titaniferous magnetite–ilmenite–orthopyroxene–quartz oxygen Barometry in granulite facies gneisses, Bamble Sector, SE Norway: implications for the role of high-grade CO 2-rich fluids during granulite genesis

6. 15 The Weihai Rushan granulite belt is the northwestern marginal zone of the northeastern section of the Subei Jiaonan tectonic melange zone.

7. Complex granulite facies xenolith types and distinct formation conditions indicate that the lower crust beneath Nushan was constructed by multi-periodic magmatism in different tectonic settings.

8. Monazite occurs as an accessory mineral in a variety of rock types in the granulite belt of the Eastern Ghats, India.

9. The distribution and calculated peak metamorphic conditions of the granulite zone in the Quetico Subprovince are similar to those of granulites in the English River Subprovince and other proposed accretionary terranes.

10. Corundum is a high-temperature mineral that forms naturally by metamorphism of alumina-rich rocks under amphibolite and granulite facies conditions, and at temperatures between 500° and 800°C (Simonet et al., 2008).

11. Almandine-pyrope–rich garnets are very common in large areas of the high-grade gneissic regions of the Svecofennian domain, as well as in the granulite belt of northern Lapland

12. ¶Pressures and temperatures are estimated for the high grade portion (Region D) of the Bamble granulite facies terrane using barometers based on the assemblages almandine-grossular-ferrosilite-anorthite-quartz and pyrope-grossular-enstatite-anorthite-quartz and a garnet-orthopyroxene Fe2+-Mg KD exchange thermometer based on the experimental data of Lee and Ganguly (1988).