Metamorphic reaction
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Metamorphic reaction
A metamorphic reaction is a chemical reaction that takes place during the geological process of metamorphism wherein one assemblage of minerals is transformed into a second assemblage which is stable under the new temperature/pressure conditions resulting in the final stable state of the observed metamorphic rock.[1]
Examples would include the production of talc under varied metamorphic conditions:
- serpentine + carbon dioxide → talc + magnesite + water
- chlorite + quartz → kyanite + talc + water
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Notes
- ^ "Types of Metamorphic Reactions". Tulane University. http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens212/metamorphreact.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
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