METAPELITIC REACTIONS AND FACIES
Metapelitic Zones
Metapelitic Zones and Facies
Aluminosilicate Minerals and Metamorphic Facies
Greenschist Facies – Chlorite and Biotite Zones
Chlorite Zone Assemblage – Lower Greenschist Facies
Reaction Controlling the Transition from the Chlorite Zone to the Biotite Zone (Upper Greenschist Facies)
Biotite-in Reaction (2) Chlorite
Compositional Changes in the Biotite Zone Increasing Grade In principle, chloritoid can form by reaction between chlorite and pyrophyllite but this is rarely observed
Chloritoid-in Reaction (3)
Garnet Zone (Transitional Between Greenschist and Amphibolite Facies)
Garnet-in Reaction (4) Garnet
Amphibolite Facies – Staurolite, Kyanite and Sillimanite Zones
Staurolite-in Reaction (5)
Chloritoid-out Reaction (6)
Staurolite-in Reaction (7)
Staurolite-out Reaction (10)
Granulite Facies A K F Sillimanite + Qtz K-feldspar Muscovite
Sillimanite-K-Feldspar-in Reaction (11) Muscovite + Qtz K F K-feldspar Sill-Kfs
Granulite Facies Grt-CrD