mylonitizationn.
/ˌmʌɪlənᵻtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌmɪlənᵻtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmaɪləˌnaɪdəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmaɪlənəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Geology.
Conversion into mylonite; the formation of mylonite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > change processes > [noun] > conversion to specific mineral
zeolitization1879
serpentinization1885
sericitization1888
uralitization1888
saussuritization1889
variolitization1890
propylitization1903
muscovitization1909
scapolitization1909
mylonitization1913
mylonization1913
myrmekitization1916
nephelinization1943
spilitization1946
1913 B. N. Peach et al. Geol. Central Ross-shire (Mem. Geol. Surv. Scot.) Index 112/2 Mylonitization.
1938 E. F. Knopf & E. Ingerson Struct. Petrol. xi. 156 In many rocks of mylonitic origin the fabric itself is thoroughly crystalline, showing no evidence of mylonitization except in the orientation pattern.
1971 Sc. Jrnl. Geol. 7 311 At the western edge of the Moine Nappe mylonitization is the earliest recognizable tectonic event..and involves Cambrian rocks.
1997 Jrnl. Metamorphic Geol. 15 613 After mylonitization ceased, garnet retrogressed locally to biotite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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