Abstract: Four size fractions have been separated and studied in eight samples of Cambrian greywackes, ranging from non-metamorphic to low metamorphic grade. Chemical study included analyses of each size fraction and comparison with the whole rock analysis. Mineralogical study involved analyses of individual crystals using microprobe (> 6 µm) and STEM (< 6 µm). This showed that in each fraction, a progressive homogenization of the mineralogical composition occurred during the development of metamorphism; that chemical transfers especially of Fe-Mg and K-Na, occurred between fine and coarse fractions and that recrystallization in fine and coarse fractions was simultaneous.
Mineralogical Magazine; June 1985 v. 49; no. 352; p. 401-411; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1985.049.352.11
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