Marble
Marble consisting of medium-grained white crystalline calcite and dolomite, and green crystals of tremolite. This is a sample of high-grade dolomitic marble (pinkish white) that started to transition into a higher grade of metamorphic rock where the carbonate mineral started to break down (loosing CO(sub>2, leaving behind crystals of green tremolite in a radiating crystal patterns. |
https://gotbooks.miracosta.edu/rocks/metamorphic/10.html |
2/2/2021 |
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