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What is the fundamental principle of metamorphic rocks?
The mineral assemblages reflect the physical P-T conditions all the time when the rock formed
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How to get a rock in equilibrium
long enough exposure to the same specific P-T conditions, and the rock will assemble into the most stable conditions possible
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What is the most stable mineral composition?
The state with the lowest gibbs free energy
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What is a petrogenetic grid used for?
Bulk composition of a constant
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What is the value of a P-T grid
The actual range of physical conditions under which specific assemblages are stable relative to others
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Compositional phase diagrams
Constructed for a specific value of P + T

* only phases connected by Tie lines can exist
* The system will usually crystallize as a 3 phase system according to the triangular field
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What happens if a mineral is not directly connected by tie line?
It cannot stably co-exist
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What happens when two minerals react together?
The tie line that connects them is removed
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what happens when 2 minerals grow together for the first time?
a new tie line connects them together
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What is serpentinite?
Hydrated ultramafic rock, common in mountain belts.

* They represent the metamorphosed ocean floor or upper mantle rocks that have been thrust upwards during the orogenic process
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Antigorite= Forsterite + talc+ h2O reaction
As we get closer to the pluton, the T of metamorphism is increasing. Antigorite has dehydrated and reached its high-T stability limit to form Fo+ TC+h2O
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crossing tie line reaction
A crossing tie line reaction occurs when a rock crosses from one tie line to another as the conditions change during metamorphism.