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The accompanying amphibolite facies metamorphism is characterized by sillimanite and, locally, garnet, andalusite, and cordierite. en.wikipedia.org

Sperrylite is formed by contact metamorphism, as in indicated by the development of triple point annealing contacts with pyrrhotite grains. en.wikipedia.org

For instance, actinolite amphibole is a common product of retrograde metamorphism of basalts at (upper) greenschist facies conditions. en.wikipedia.org

Soapstone is formed by the metamorphism of ultramafic protoliths ("e.g." dunite or serpentinite) and the metasomatism of siliceous dolostones. en.wikipedia.org

The pyroxenites are often subject serpentinization under low temperature retrograde metamorphism and weathering. en.wikipedia.org

It occurs as a product of metamorphism of phosphate bearing peraluminous sediments and in high-temperature hydrothermal ore deposits. en.wikipedia.org

Rocks exhibiting foliation include the standard sequence formed by the prograde metamorphism of mudrocks; slate, phyllite, schist and gneiss. en.wikipedia.org

Thermal metamorphism in the aureole of a granite is also unlikely to result in growth of mica in a foliation, although growth of new minerals may overprint existing foliation(s). en.wikipedia.org

A subgroup is the andalusite, staurolite, kyanite and sillimanite-schists which usually make their appearance in the vicinity of gneissose granites, and have presumably been affected by contact metamorphism. en.wikipedia.org

It is also found in marble and may be the result of a metamorphism of earlier hemimorphite or smithsonite. en.wikipedia.org

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