metasomatism

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metazomatizma
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the process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid
the process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction ofcomponents from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid
An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization
metasomatism