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metasomatism

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CIDE DICTIONARY

metasomatismn. [Pref. meta- + Gr. , , body.].
     An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization.  [1913 Webster]

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