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Sillimanite schist and sillimanite-mica schist

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Sillimanite-rich aluminous schist composed mainly of sillimanite, biotite, muscovite, and minor quartz
State South Carolina
Name Sillimanite schist and sillimanite-mica schist
Geologic age Cambrian or Neoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistSillimanite schist and sillimanite-mica schist
Comments Western Piedmont, layered and stratified rocks
References

Horton, J.Wright, and Dicken, Connie L., 2001, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Appalachian Piedmont and Blue Ridge, South Carolina Segment: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 01-298, CD, scale 1:500,000.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr01298
Counties Abbeville - Anderson - Greenville - Laurens - Pickens - Spartanburg