Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, having the characters of mylonite, chiefly the granular texture of a rock metamorphosed by crushing.
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- adjective Containing
mylonite
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Examples
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It appears to be an alteration feature or late stage intrusive feature, though the granitic rocks are entirely within the lower plate of a core complex and are often mylonitized or mylonitic.
Hmmm... Silver Fox 2008
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Folded limestone atop a reddish limestone breccia sits on Precambrian to Cambrian, possibly mylonitic quartzite.
Mylonitic Quartzite Silver Fox 2008
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And speaking of mylonites once again, it turns out that mylonitic quartzite was rock of the week at All of My Faults Are Stress Related.
Mylonitic Quartzite Silver Fox 2008
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Composed of mylonitic peridotite, the submarine mountain of which these rocks are the pinnacles extends 4000 meters into the ocean depths.
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Mapping of parallel, variably mineralized, often mylonitic anastomosing shear zones up to
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Mapping of parallel, variably mineralized, often mylonitic anastomosing shear zones up to
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These equatorial Brazilian islands, composed of mylonitic peridotite, are of volcanic origin.
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Brazilian islands, composed of mylonitic peridotite, are of volcanic origin.
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Mapping of parallel, variably mineralized, often mylonitic anastomosing shear zones up to
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- Characteristics of the zone include mylonitic with abundant veins and disseminated sulphides which could correspond to a mineralized fault zone that forms the southern boundary of the Manuela zone.
hernesheir commented on the word mylonitic
Also mylonitized.
July 7, 2010