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Domain for metamorphic texture DESCRIPTION attribute of RESULT entity
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References |
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Jackson, J.A. (ed.) 1997, Glossary of Geology, 4th edn., American
Geological Institute, Virginia, 769p
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Ryburn, R.J., Bond, L.D. & Hazell, M.S. 1995, Guide to OZROX
AGSO's Field Geology Database, AGSO Record 1995/79, Australian
Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra.
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Qualifier 1:
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Qualifier 2:
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Note:
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Attribute |
Code |
Parent |
Category |
Synonyms |
Description |
Qualifier 1 |
Qualifier 2 |
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metamorphic_texture |
BA |
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banded |
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consists of nearly parallel bands having differences in texture and
or mineralogy |
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metamorphic_texture |
BK |
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broken |
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broken by faults or fractures but retaining substantial continuity
of contacts |
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metamorphic_texture |
BR |
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brecciated |
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texture marked by accumulation of angular fragments |
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metamorphic_texture |
GN |
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gneissic |
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foliated with alternating bands or lenticles of granular minerals
and flaky minerals |
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metamorphic_texture |
FBRS |
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fibrous |
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texture marked by finely acicular rodlike crystals |
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metamorphic_texture |
KN |
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knotted |
maculose |
spotted character |
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metamorphic_texture |
MIG |
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migmatitic |
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composite rock containing a more mobile, typically lighter coloured
part |
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metamorphic_texture |
POB |
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porphyroblastic |
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recrystallised metamorphic rock having large idioblasts of minerals
such as garnet, andalusite in a finer grained matrix |
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metamorphic_texture |
PS |
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pseudomorph |
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having minerals whose outward crystal form is that of another mineral
species |
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metamorphic_texture |
RX |
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recrystallised |
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having minerals that have reformed, typically as crystals larger than
the original form |
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metamorphic_texture |
SAC |
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saccharoidal |
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granular or crystalline texture resembling sugar |
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metamorphic_texture |
SCHS |
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schistose |
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foliation in relatively coarse grained rock due to parallel alignment
of platy minerals |
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metamorphic_texture |
UNK |
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unknown |
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metamorphic texture is unknown |
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