Boudinage in Santorini schist

While on my blueschist quest, I noticed this boudin train exposed in the trail.

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I’m not sure what exactly is being boudinaged here – only that it is lighter in color than the schist that surrounds it, as well as finer grained and less foliated (more massive). A tabular mass of fault gouge perhaps?

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