Garnet Skarn, Contact Metamorphism, Willsboro, New York

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Garnet Skarn, Contact Metamorphism, Willsboro, New York Skarns or tactites are hard, coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by a process called metasomatism. Skarn minerals are mainly garnets and pyroxene with a wide variety of calc-silicate and associated minerals.

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Keywords: calc-silicate, calcium-aluminum, carbonate-rich, contact, formation, garnet, garnet-rich, garnets, metamorphic, metamorphism, metasomatism, mineral, minerals, protolith, pyroxene, replacement, rock, silicate, skarn, specimen, willsboro, york