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Hi Trisrota,

These rocks look quite similar to the calc-silicates occurring here in  
the Bergslagen Ore Province of central Sweden (known here as the  
reaction-skarns).

Best,
Jarek



Quoting Trisrota Chaudhuri <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear all,
> Im getting one epidote-quartz rock (epidosite?) associated with
> rodingitized komatiite-clinopyroxenite ultramafic association in an Archean
> greenstone belt of age between 3-3.5Ga. The rock is banded, having
> alternate bands of Epidote (with little zoisite) and quartz (photo
> attached). They are closely associated with ultramafics only.
> It will be kind enough to share your opinion about the genesis of this
> rock. If it is metasomatic rock, then what was the original one and how the
> banding occurred is not clear to me. Is the banding primary?
> Regards,
> Trisrota
>
> --
> Trisrota Chaudhuri,
> Geologist,
> Geological Survey of India,
> India.
>