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Cornubianite
A rock subtype
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The term was first used for a banded fine-grained compact to schistose rock essentially composed of quartz, feldspar, and micas, generated by contact metamorphism of a gneisose to schistose protolith, Also used later for a schistose andalusite hornfels or a tourmaline-quartz-mica hornfels. Also used in Italy as a synonym of hornfels.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
9304
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:9304:6
Classification of Cornubianite
Other Language Names for Cornubianite
German:Cornubianit
Spanish:Cornubianita
Internet Links for Cornubianite
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References for Cornubianite
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