Asset Overview
Calcsilicate metamorphic rock composed of wollastonite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollastonite), andradite garnet, and diopside. Wollastonite is a pyroxenoid inosilicate formed by decarbonizing metamorphic reactions in impure marbles and metasomatic reactions in marbles intruded by silicate magmas (skarns; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skarn). From the WVU petrology collection; north shore of Lake Isabella, Kern County, California, in the Lake Isabella metamorphic roof-pendant.