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Equilibria in the Mg-rich part of the pyroxene quadrilateral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

G. A. Jenner  and
D. H. Green
G. A. Jenner
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001
D. H. Green
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001
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Abstract

Pyroxene phase relations in the Mg-rich corner of the pyroxene quadrilateral, at 1 atmosphere, have been reinvestigated. Experimental studies on sixteen selected compositions in the systems CMS and CFMS were undertaken in the temperature range 1100–1400 °C. The results of this study clarify our understanding of the pyroxene stability relations at low pressure. In particular, the demonstration that there is a high-temperature stability field of orthoenstatite denies the existence of a stable (or real) invariant point defined by the reactions OE = PE + DI, PE + DI = PI, and OE + DI = PI, in the system CaMgSi2O6-Mg2Si2O6. New phase relations, consistent with the experimental findings of this and other studies, for the Mg-rich corner of the pyroxene quadrilateral are presented. These new phase relations may be of use in interpreting the origin of volcanic rocks containing magnesian pigeonite.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 47 , Issue 343 , June 1983 , pp. 153 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1983

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Present address: Max-Planck Institut für Chemie, Saarstrasse 23, Postfach 3060, D-6500 Mainz, West Germany.

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