PETROGRAFICZNE ODMIANY SKAŁY KWARCOWEJ Z REJONU WĄDROŻA WIELKIEGO (BLOK PRZEDSUDECKI) W NOWYCH ODSŁONIĘCIACH

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PETROGRAPHIC VARIETIES OF QUARTZ ROCK FROM THE WĄDROŻE WIELKIE AREA (FORE-SUDETIC BLOCK) IN NEW OUTCROPS

Abstract. As evidenced by specific structural and textural features, the quartz rock from Wądroże Wielkie is represented by four basic petrographic types: (1) inequicrystalline quartz rock, (2) finely crystalline porous rock with large quartz crystals, (2) vein quartz in macrocrystalline intergrowths, and (4) vein quartz in heterogranular intergrowths. A common feature of all types of quartz rock is a multistage development. It is visible on the growing succeeding quartz generations on the older crystals and their fragments and in the fills of different kinds of fissures by the younger quartz. The metasomatic origin of the quartz rock is manifested in different ways. Small calcite inclusions in the quartz are common, accompanied by fine quartz, sericite and relics of earlier quartz mineralization. The origin of the quartz rock is related to the circulation of hydrothermal solutions and their metasomatic effect on the pre-existing rocks.