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diaphthorite
A crystalline rock in which minerals characteristic of a lower metamorphic grade have developed by retrograde metamorphism at the expense of minerals peculiar to a higher metamorphic grade.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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- ed.young
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