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Meta-andesite Porphyry and Amphibolite
These two rocks are similar in appearance and origin. Meta-andesite porphyry has been metarmophosed to amphibolite grade and deuterically altered. Amphibolite is similar but has fewer phenocrysts (10-15 %, Meta-andesite porphyry - 40 %).
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Meta-andesite Porphyry
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Aston 1994: 60-61
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