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Staurolite Weathering out of Schist, Roanoke Rapids

By Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
Staurolite weathering out of schist in the along the eastern edge of the Roanoke Rapids terrane in southeastern Virginia.
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Staurolite weathering out of schist along the eastern edge of the Roanoke Rapids terrane in southeastern Virginia.  Is this greenschist-facies schist part of the suprastructural Roanoke Rapids terrane, or part of a heretofore undefined higher-grade infrastructural terrane to the east? 

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