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Cataclasite

A rock classification type
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Pseudotachylyte

Sudbury Complex, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
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Köfelsite

Köfels, Umhausen, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
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Pseudotachylyte, etc.

Vredefort impact structure, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
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Pseudotachylyte

Sudbury Complex, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
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Köfelsite

Köfels, Umhausen, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
05976020017272472776878.jpg
Pseudotachylyte, etc.

Vredefort impact structure, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
03086260017722925531971.jpg
Pseudotachylyte

Sudbury Complex, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
01445360017271953899179.jpg
Köfelsite

Köfels, Umhausen, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
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About CataclasiteHide

A fault-rock which is cohesive with a poorly developed or absent schistosity, or which is incohesive, characterised by generally angular porphyroclasts and lithic fragments in a finer-grained matrix of similar composition. Less deformed than in mylonite.
See Also: augen gneiss, crush breccia, mylonite gneiss


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
48673
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:48673:8

Classification of CataclasiteHide

Sub-divisions of CataclasiteHide

Synonyms of CataclasiteHide

Other Language Names for CataclasiteHide

German:Kataklasit

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:
1 photo of Cataclasite associated with 'Breccia'

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