Skarn is one of the important type of rocks. If we have to define Skarn in general, Skarns are formed during regional or contact metamorphism and from a variety of metasomatic processes involving fluids of magmatic, metamorphic, and/or marine origin. Skarn comes under Metamorphic Rocks. All Metamorphic Rocks have similar properties and formation process. Along with Skarn Definition, know more about the History of Skarn, Etymology of Skarn in next sections.