Metamorphic reaction


A metamorphic reaction is a chemical reaction that takes place during the geological process of metamorphism wherein one assemblage of minerals is transformed into a second assemblage which is stable under the new temperature/pressure conditions resulting in the final stable state of the observed metamorphic rock.
Examples include the production of talc under varied metamorphic conditions:

Polymorphic transformations

Exsolution reactions

Devolatilization reactions

Continuous reactions

Ion exchange reactions

Oxidation/reduction reactions

Reactions involving dissolved species

Chemographics

Petrogenetic grids

Schreinemaker's method

Reaction mechanisms