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High-grade mylonites are formed at temperatures above 650 °C. They are relatively uncommon, probably because their conservation is problematic. Most mylonites formed under these conditions would tend to fully recrystallise which destroys and masks the mylonitic structure. Mylonitic features are only preserved if grain growth is somehow inhibited in the rock, e.g. by its polymineralic nature.
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Trouw, R.A.J., Passchier, C.W., Wiersma, D.J. (2010). High-Grade Mylonites. In: Atlas of Mylonites- and related microstructures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03608-8_6
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