(Köfels, Umhausen, Ötztal, Nordtirol, Tirol, Österreich)
Landslide (8000 years ago), with ductile deformation at very high strain rate in a narrow shear zone: intense friction raised temperature to melting, leading to the formation of a pumiceous glass thin layer.
The glass resulted from friction thermometamorphism of biotite-amphibole gneisses and not from volcanism or shock.
Ref.:
Eur. J. Mineral., 1993, 5, 893-902.
4 entries listed. 1 valid mineral.
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