metasomatize, v. Geol.
(mɛtəˈsəʊmətaɪz)
[f. metasomatism + -ize.]
trans. To change as a result of metasomatism. So metaˈsomatized ppl. a.
| 1942 Mineral. Abstr. VIII. 242 Xenoliths of siltstone or sandstone country-rock are metasomatized to granophyre. 1955 Mineral. Mag. XXX. 681 The carbonatite contains abundant fragments of fine-grained phlogopite-rock, which can be shown to represent metasomatized fragments of brecciated gneiss. 1963 Metasomatized [see johannsenite]. |