AMPHIBOLITE

 

Amphibolite is a foliated- or crystalline-textured metamorphic rock dominated by amphibole.  Amphibolite forms by intermediate-grade metamorphism of basalt or gabbro.

 


 

Nordic Sunset Granite (a.k.a. Tondra Granite, Tundra Granite, Toundra Granite) - crystalline-textured garnet amphibolite attributed to Murmansk District, northern Karelia Republic, far-northwestern Russia.

Black = amphibole.  Whitish gray = plagioclase feldspar.  Deep red = garnet.

 


 

 

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