Mineral dissolution in silicate melts

Quartz and orthopyroxene in mafic rocks are commonly observed to be surrounded by fringes of granular pyroxene, and of olivine and clinopyroxene, respectively. This study reproduces the conditions of formation of these textures, and investigates their origins, kinetics and phase relations. Pieces of...

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Main Author: Curry, Richard M.
Other Authors: Donaldson, C. H.
Published: University of St Andrews 1990
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253608