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Metamorphic texture

Symplectite / kelyphite texture

Fine intergrowths of two or more minerals. Kelyphite is a symplectite rim formed by garnet breakdown.

What it means

Breakdown reactions as pressure or temperature changed.

Where to look for it

Granulite, eclogite, garnet peridotite

Photo examples

Alex Strekeisen (symplectite) · Alex Strekeisen (kelyphite) · Search Wikimedia Commons

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Sources

Alex Strekeisen (symplectite) · Alex Strekeisen (kelyphite)