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Metasomatic

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Metasomatism \Met`a*so"ma*tism\, n. [Pref. meta- + Gr. ?, ?,
   body.] (Geol.)
   An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a
   chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to
   serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying
   simply a recrystallization. -- {Met`a*so*mat"ic}, a.
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