page_title: Epidosite
hierarchical_section_title: Epidosite
caption_attribution_description: English: Sample of Epidosite
context_page_description: Epidosite is a highly altered epidote and quartz bearing rock. It is the result of slow hydrothermal alteration or metasomatism of the basaltic sheeted dike complex and associated plagiogranites that occurs below the massive sulfide ore deposits which occur in ophiolites. Most epidosites represent the zone of intense metal leaching below and lateral to the sulfide deposits which is the result of convection of heated ocean water through the fractured basalts of the sheeted dikes. Some epidosites form by hydrothermal fluids exsolved from plagiogranitic magma. These epidosites contain allanite, a REE-rich member of the epidote group.
context_section_description: Epidosite (/ɪˈpɪdəsaɪt/) is a highly altered epidote and quartz bearing rock.  It is the result of slow hydrothermal alteration or metasomatism of the basaltic sheeted dike complex and associated plagiogranites that occurs below the massive sulfide ore deposits which occur in ophiolites.  Most epidosites represent the zone of intense metal leaching below and lateral to the sulfide deposits which is the result of convection of heated ocean water through the fractured basalts of the sheeted dikes. Some epidosites form by hydrothermal fluids exsolved from plagiogranitic magma. These epidosites contain allanite, a REE-rich member of the epidote group.
caption: Sample of Epidosite
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