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igneous metamorphism
A high-temperature metamorphic process that includes the effects of magma on adjacent rocks as well as those due to injection pegmatitization (Lindgren, 1933). The term is no longer in common use. Compare: pyrometamorphism.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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