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Zylonite vs Mylonite - What's the difference?

zylonite | mylonite |

As nouns the difference between zylonite and mylonite

is that zylonite is while mylonite is (geology) any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.

zylonite

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Noun

(en noun)

    • mylonite

    English

    (wikipedia mylonite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 87:
  • *:Towards the end of the nineteenth century the crush rock known as mylonite had been recognised, a rocky paste that was ground when one mighty rock mass was pushed bodily – or thrust – over another.