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Porphyroblastesis and displacement: some new textural criteria from pelitic hornfels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

E. P. Saggerson
E. P. Saggerson*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Summary

The formation of porphyroblasts by replacement and displacement of pre-existing S surfaces is examined in the light of textural evidence displayed by sediments hornfelsed by the Bushveld Igneous Complex. Helicitic biotite, staurolite, and cordierite all show replacement and displacement textures, the former being more common. The evidence indicates that porphyroblasts arc capable of creating local pressure differences that disturb the pre-existing banding, even in hornfelsed rocks that have suffered neither regional metamorphism nor orogenic movement.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 39 , Issue 307 , September 1974 , pp. 793 - 797
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1974

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