Naturally deformed quartz-rich rocks

 

Undeformed

Naturally deformed quartz-rich rocks

 

undeformed / semibrittle & bulging recrystallization / subgrain rotation recrystallization / grain boundary migration recrystallization

 

List of microstructures

 

 

 

 

17

 

Relatively undeformed Heavitree quartzite containing some fine-grained mica.

26

 

Undeformed chert, with patches of different grain sizes and quartz veins.