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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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    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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    The occurrence of large specimen crystals is most common in pegmatites, skarns, and granite greisens. Rutile is found as an accessory mineral in some altered...
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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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    pegmatites. It also occurs in metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schists and skarns. Source localities include: Pakistan; Italy; Russia; China; Brazil; Tujetsch...
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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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    found in a variety of metamorphic rocks, such as in contact metamorphosed skarns developed from high silica dolomites. It is an important mineral in the...
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    Northern Territory Geological Survey, ISBN 0-7245-7107-8 McKay, A.D. & Meiitis, Y. (2001), Australia's uranium resources, geology and development of deposits...
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    Cornwall, England. It occurs in hydrothermal veins, in basalt vesicles, skarns, amphibolite and serpentinite. Associated minerals include celadonite, chlorite...
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    variety of rocks, including granulite and amphibolite facies, calc-silicate skarns, and quartzites; it is also known from xenoliths. Associated minerals include:...
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    graphite, zircon, titanite, and corundum as well as in chromium-rich tremolite skarns, metaquartzites, and chlorite veins. Due to its rare geologic occurrence...
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    Its name is derived from Spessart in Bavaria. It occurs most often in skarns, granite pegmatite and allied rock types, and in certain low grade metamorphic...
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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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    borate mineral: Mg2FeBO5. Ludwigite typically occurs in magnesian iron skarn and other high temperature contact metamorphic deposits. It occurs in association...
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    tensor and normalized source strength applied to the Tallawang magnetite skarn deposit, New South Wales, Australia". SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts...
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    compositions. Magnesite can also be formed by way of metasomatism in skarn deposits, in dolomitic limestones, associated with wollastonite, periclase...
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    environment is in serpentinized dolomitic limestone and contact metamorphosed skarns. It occurs with talc, spinel, grossular, vesuvianite, clinopyroxene, monticellite...
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    deposits. Also, some gold occurs along with copper in Cenozoic iron-oxide skarn and replacement deposits along the Pacific. In addition to gold and silver...
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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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    The Marañón fold and thrust belt (Spanish: faja corrida y plegada del Marañón) is a 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long, northwest–southeast trending belt...
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    principal minerals. The four main rock types present at Los Santos are skarn, granite, calc-silicates and corneanas, a word applied to mean all other...
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    Mineralisation from the Heemskirk Granite with cassiterite or tin and tungsten skarn, or silver lead and zinc veins occur in the Zeehan field. The Pieman Granite...
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    represented by mantles, chimneys and disseminations in both the intrusive and the skarn. The Molango mining district is located in the northeastern portion of Hidalgo...
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    deposits from locally metamorphosed dolomite. It is also found associated with skarn and serpentinite. It was discovered in 1817 at Pargas in Finland, and named...
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    Late Cretaceous-Eocene intrusive granites. It is dated around 45-62 Ma. Skarn: Found along the Mogok Metamorphic belt, the native gold and base metal...
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    United States. It occurs in iron-manganese ore deposits and their related skarns. It also occurs in metamorphosed manganese-rich sediments. It occurs in...
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    California and Sierra Nevada batholiths, California, US Langban, Sweden, in skarn In a xenolith in diorite porphyry in the Mount Hilliers complex, Henry Mountains...
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  • is the tungsten that can be obtained from skarns with scheelite and wolframite-bearing quartz veins. Skarns are associated to marble and amphibolite host...
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    A.P. and Askins, P.W. (1981) Geology and genesis of the F-Sn-W(-Be-Zn) skarn (wrigglite) at Moina, Tasmania. Economical Geology, 76, 439–467 Mindat.org...
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