Definition of Hornfels

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Hornfels

The term 'Hornfels' as it applies to the area of reclamation can be defined as ' Fine-grained, gray-green metamorphic rock produced by 'baking' of sedimentary rocks by an igneous intrusion in which sedimentary features may still be preserved'.

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