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skarn /skɑːn /noun [mass noun] GeologyLime-bearing siliceous rock produced by the metamorphic alteration of limestone or dolomite.In this issue I look at skarn, a metamorphic rock type....- The skarn is exposed along a steep mountainside that is gullied along its base by several small, intermittent streams that flow into a beautiful, boulder-filled river.
- No skarn or tactite ores have been reported from the district.
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