Migmatite is typically a granitic rock within a metamorphic host rock which is composed of two intermingled but distinguishable components 0
From the Greek word migma which means a mixture 0
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock 0
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock 0
Black, Bluish - Grey, Brown, Brown- Black, Dark Greenish - Grey, Dark Grey to Black 0
Dull, Banded and Foilated 0
Countertops, Flooring, Kitchens 0
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone 0
As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement 0
Cemetery Markers, Jewelry, Tombstones, Used to manufracture paperweights and bookends 0
Diatexites and Metatexites 0
Generally rough to touch, Is one of the oldest rock 0
Archaeological Significance
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Migmatites form by high temperature regional and thermal metamorphism of protolith rocks where rocks melt partially due to high temperature. 0
Biotite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Garnet, Graphite, Hornblade, Micas, Muscovite or Illite, Quartz, Quartzite, Silica, Zircon 0
Aluminium Oxide, NaCl, CaO, Carbon Dioxide, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, Magnesium Carbonate, MgO, MnO, Phosphorus Pentoxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide 0
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism 0
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering 0
Chemical Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion 0
Medium to Fine Coarse Grained 0
Dull to Pearly to Subvitreous 0
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant 0
Deposits in Eastern Continents
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China, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia 0
Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo 0
Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom 0
Deposits in Western Continents
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Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, USA 0
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela 0
Deposits in Oceania Continent
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New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Victoria 0