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In this chapter the petrography and mineral chemistry of carbonates of the Ballachulish aureole are presented. Carbonates are not widespread in the aureole, so the record of progressive metamorphism is incomplete. The outermost thermometamorphic reaction observed in the aureole leads to the appearance of talc + calcite in siliceous dolomites and impure limestones. In the inner aureole from the point where both forsterite and diopside are formed, the outcrop is continuous up to the formation of periclase.
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Masch, L., Heuss-Aβbichler, S. (1991). Decarbonation Reactions in Siliceous Dolomites and Impure Limestones. In: Voll, G., Töpel, J., Pattison, D.R.M., Seifert, F. (eds) Equilibrium and Kinetics in Contact Metamorphism. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76145-4_10
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