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RTigneous rocks
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 carbonatization
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 illitization
 kaolinization
 leaching
 metabolism
 metasomatic rocks
 microclinization
 muscovitization
 pal
SNFormerly a general term appropriate to a large number of topics. As of 1976, use was restricted to any process having to do with changes in temperature and pressure, i.e. diagenesis, hydrothermal alteration, metasomatism, weathering, etc. The term is used