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mylonite [′mī·lə‚nīt] (petrology) A hard, coherent, often glassy-looking rock that has suffered extreme mechanical deformation and granulation but has remained chemically unaltered; appearance is flinty, banded, or streaked, but the nature of the parent rock is easily recognized. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Bjorkramyran Deposit - Metamict zircon-uraninite mineralisation is associated with silicified mylonitic material in an en-echelon series of three, south of east trending portions of a fault zone cutting the Revsund Granite. Drill hole RO-02 cut a mylonitic shear below defined resources at Lac Fortune. It is characterized by gold-bearing quartz veins adjacent to the eastern margin of a mylonitic zone. |
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