different between metamorphic vs epidote

English

Etymology

From metamorphosis +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t??m??f?k/

• Rhymes: -??(r)f?k

Adjective

metamorphic

1. Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character. [from 19th c.]
2. (geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). [from 19th c.]
3. (zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis. [from 19th c.]
4. Of or relating to the Metamorphic Technique, a form of massage influenced by reflexology.

Derived terms

Related terms

• metamorphism

Translations

Noun

metamorphic (plural metamorphics)

1. (mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.

Related terms

• orthometamorphic
• parametamorphic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French épidote.

Noun

epidote (countable and uncountable, plural epidotes)

1. (mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.
   • 1915, George Curtis Martin, Bertrand Leroy Johnson, Ulysses Sherman Grant, Bulletin 587: Geology and Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States Geological Survey, page 23,

     A little higher is an outcrop of epidote schist with quartz, carbonate, and magnetite.

   • 1990, Andrew P. Barth, Chapter 3: Mid-crustal emplacement of Mesozoic plutons, San Gabriel Mountains, California, and implications for the geologic history of the San Gabriel terrane, J. Lawford Anderson (editor), The Nature and Origin of Cordilleran Magmatism, Memoir 174: The Nature and Origin of Cordilleran Magmatism, The Geological Society of America, page 36,

     Available compositional data for magmatic epidotes (Naney, 1983; Zen and Hammarstrom, 1984; Barth, unpublished data) suggest no significant solid solution beyond the epidote-clinozoisite binary.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Epidote”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “epidote”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• opetide