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  • cataclastite

    Phyllonites are like mylonites in that they are fine-grained and are shaped by deformation, but in phyllonites there has been a reconstitution of the minerals. Some of the parent-rock minerals are re-formed with a different orientation, and new minerals are formed in response to the…

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    Phyllonites are like mylonites in that they are fine-grained and are shaped by deformation, but in phyllonites there has been a reconstitution of the minerals. Some of the parent-rock minerals are re-formed with a different orientation, and new minerals are formed in response to the…

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