Table of Contents

Introduction.- Thermal Regimes and Effects.- Quartzofeldspathic Rocks.- Calc-Silicates and Evaporites.- Mafic Rock.- Anthropogenic Pyrometamorphism.- Mineral Breakdown Reactions. Chapter 1 Additional terms and discussion from IUGS Subcommission on Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks (Contact metamorphism) Chapter 2 Further details on thermal regimes of combustion metamorphism and lightning strike pyrometamorphism + 1 diagram (various sources) Chapter 3 Additional example of pyrometamorphism of granitic rock by basalt + 1 diagramAdditional examples of combustion metamorphism of quartzofeldpathic rocks + siderite from Siberia, New Zealand, Ellesmere Island (Canada) + 3 diagramsAdditional material on paralava compositions Chapter 4 Additional pyrometamorphic examples of marl rocks from Israel + 3 diagramsAdditional information on paralava compositions + 2 diagramsExample of lightning strike pyrometamorphism of carbonate rock Chapter 5 Additional example of pyrometamorphic recrystallization of basalt xenoliths + 1 diagram Additional example of lightning strike fusion of basaltic rock Chapter 6 Additional examples of pyrometamorphic minerals in carbonate mudstone bricks/kiln artifactsNew section on biomass pyrometamorphism: "tree stones" and slag/clinker as a result of forest fires, burning dung heaps, plant waste, straw, gorse, etc., + 2-4 diagrams; industrial biomass incineration products, wood ash + 1 diagramAdditional examples of slag formation + 1 diagramAdditional example of artificial fulgurite from Portugal + 1 diagramExperimental fulgurite formation + 1 diagram Chapter 7 Additional photo of hornblende breakdownAdditional information on garnet breakdown + 2 diagramsAdditional information on staurolite breakdown + 1 diagram