Calciphyre or Metacarbonate Rock, Contact Metamorphism, Grenville, Quebec
Calciphyre is a contact metamorphic rock which contains calcite wollastonite, garnet, plagioclast, scapolite monticellite, diopside, fassaite pyroxene; it also sometimes contains titanite, ilmenite, xanthophyllite (calcium mica), and humite graphite.
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Keywords: calc-silicate, calciphyre, calcium, calcium-rich, carbonate, coarse-grained, contact, deposits, diopside, formation, garnet, grenville, high-temperature, limestone, magnesium, marble-, metacarbonate, metamorphic, metamorphism, mineral, minerals, protolith, quebec, rock, silicate, skarn, specimen, texture, wollastonite
