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Phase-equilibrium studies in the system NaAlSiO4 (nepheline)–KAlSiO4 (kalsilite)–SiO2-H2O

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

D. L. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Manchester University
W. S. MacKenzie
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Manchester University

Summary

Phase-equilibrium relations have been determined at 1000 kg/cm2 water pressure for compositions within the system NaAlSi3O8-KalSi3O8-NaAlSiO4-KAlSiO4 in the area adjacent to the temperature minimum. The composition and temperature of the minimum are Ne50Ks19Qz31 and 750° ± 7° C respectively. The compositions of 102 plutonic rocks and 122 extrusive rocks, from Washington's tables, that carry 80% or more of normative Ab + Or + Ne have been plotted; the areas of high density show a marked similarity to the positions of the low-temperature regions of the synthetic system and suggest that many undersaturated rocks are derived by fractional crystallization from a trachytic magma.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1965

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