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A metamorphic reaction is a chemical reaction that takes place during the geological process of metamorphism wherein one assemblage of minerals is transformed into a second assemblage which is stable under the new temperature/pressure conditions resulting in the final stable state of the observed metamorphic rock.[1]
Examples include the production of talc under varied metamorphic conditions:
- serpentine + carbon dioxide → talc + magnesite + water
- chlorite + quartz → kyanite + talc + water
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Polymorphic Transformations
[edit]Exsolution Reactions
[edit]Devolatilization Reactions
[edit]Continuous Reactions
[edit]Ion Exchange Reactions
[edit]Oxidation/Reduction Reactions
[edit]Reactions Involving Dissolved Species
[edit]Chemographics
[edit]Petrogenetic Grids
[edit]Schreinemakers Method
[edit]Reaction Mechanisms
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Types of Metamorphic Reactions". Tulane University. Retrieved 2007-06-22.