metasomatism - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'metasomatism' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Metasomatism

[ n.]

- An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization.

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