calc-silicate marble

calc-silicate marble

[‚kalk ′sil·ə‚kāt ′mär·bəl]
(petrology)
Marble having conspicuous calcium silicate or magnesium silicate minerals.
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This mineral occurs in calc-silicate marbles with no ultrabasic rocks occurring either as enclaves or as discrete bodies in the vicinity.
Ti-clinohumite in the Cienaga skarn-type mineralogy, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Massif (Colombia): occurrence and petrologic significance
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