
Contact between Ortho-gneiss and Para-gneiss
by Metwally Hamza, Egyptian Geologist, Egypt
- para-gneiss is derived from sedimentary rocks.
- ortho-gneiss is derived from igneous rocks.
- the difference in the field outcropping between para-gneiss and ortho-gneiss is that para-gneiss is leucocratic to mesocratic "light-colored", but ortho-gneiss is melanocratic to hyper-melanic "dark-colored".
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- Exact location (33.6189 E, 28.2808 N)
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