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    Skarns or tactites are coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by replacement of carbonate-bearing rocks during regional or contact metamorphism and...
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  • Thorstein Skarning (1888–1939) was a Norwegian-born musician and bandleader, who toured the Upper Midwest for over two decades and was a Twin Cities radio...
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    through magmatic-hydrothermal processes associated with felsic magmas, namely skarns, or through metamorphic processes. In the more common granitic deposits...
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  • Hydrothermal mineral deposits are divided into six main subcategories: porphyry, skarn, volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS), sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX), and...
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    Unusual blue diopsidite skarn from the Dovyren Highlands, Buryatia...
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    hedenbergite. This mineral is unique because it can be found in chondrites and skarns (calc–silicate metamorphic rocks). Since it is a member of the pyroxene...
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    (1992). "Skarns and Skarn Deposits". Geoscience Canada. 19 (4). ISSN 1911-4850. Einaudi, M. T.; Meinert, L. D.; Newberry, R. J. (1981). "Skarn Deposits"...
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    often credited with its discovery. It occurs in the Korshunovskoye iron skarn deposit in the Irkutskaya Oblast of Eastern Siberia. Seraphinite on Gemdat...
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    after Serendib, the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka. The mineral is found in skarns associated with boron metasomatism of carbonate rocks where intruded by...
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    magnetite in streams leading from these volcanic formations. Some magnetite skarn and hydrothermal deposits have been worked in the past as high-grade iron...
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    professor and poet José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838). It occurs in skarns developed in contact metamorphosed impure limestones or calcic igneous rocks;...
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    amphibolite, greenschist, phyllite, marble, serpentinite, eclogite, migmatite, skarn, granulite, mylonite, and slate. The basic classification can be supplemented...
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    or blue silicate mineral. Vesuvianite occurs as tetragonal crystals in skarn deposits and limestones that have been subjected to contact metamorphism...
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  • hardship ordeal difficulty difficultās PGmc *hatojanan PGmc *laiþojanan PGmc *skarn- (Frankish *skern) hate loathe scorn detest de- + testari PGmc *hauhiþa...
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  • that usually produces a large yellowish root that is eaten as a vegetable" skarn, "contact metamorphic rock rich in iron" smorgasbord, "a luncheon or supper...
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    La Serra-Porto Azzuro granitoids. These igneous bodies brought with them skarn fluids which dissolved and replaced some of the carbonate units, precipitating...
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    Tobermorite – Inosilicate alteration mineral in metamorphosed limestone and in skarn Adam, Jean-Pierre; Mathews, Anthony (2014). Roman Building. Florence: Taylor...
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  • they must locate and destroy hidden shards of the Worldstone, to prevent Skarn, the Lord of Damnation, from destroying the world of Sanctuary. Development...
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    Abandoned open pit of Mary Kathleen uranium mine; the orebody is a skarn mineralisation enriched in U, Cu, Th and REE...
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    naturally as the mineral eskolaite, which is found in chromium-rich tremolite skarns, metaquartzites, and chlorite veins. Eskolaite is also a rare component...
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    sphalerite is that it appears in many types of deposits; it is found in skarns, hydrothermal deposits, sedimentary beds, volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits...
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    attain a wüstite–magnetite composition are rare, including carbonate-rich skarns, meteorites, fulgurites and lightning-affected rock, and perhaps the mantle...
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    epithermal vein systems, such as a stockwork, in greisens or in certain skarn environments. For open space filling to take effect, the confining pressure...
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    found as disseminations in mafic igneous rocks, in contact metamorphic skarn deposits, in pegmatites and in sedimentary cupriferous shales. It is important...
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    (9): 997–1004. doi:10.1258/ebm.2011.011101. PMID 21844119. S2CID 30646787. Skårn M, Namløs HM, Noordhuis P, Wang MY, Meza-Zepeda LA, Myklebost O (April 2012)...
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    cathode 3.2 (2018) 19 Pumpkin Hollow (see Anaconda) Lyon County, Nevada Nevada Copper IOCG skarn, underground, producing copper concentrate - (2019)...
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  • Brann Justice League of America #13 (August 1962) An alien from the planet Skarn who uses a device that will drain the life force of the universe. Brann...
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    and are intimately associated with intrusive-related ore deposits such as skarns, greisens and porphyry-related mineralisation. Epithermal deposits are mined...
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    structurally related to lawsonite. It occurs in contact metamorphic rocks and skarn ore deposits. It also occurs less commonly in syenites. Ilvaite was first...
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    Other occurrences include Falun, Sweden where it is found in pegmatites and skarns; and, in the United States, Charlemont, Massachusetts; Spruce Pine, North...
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