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    deposits or by separation of a magma into separate immiscible silicate and nonsilicate liquid phases. Silicate magmas are molten mixtures dominated by...
    63 KB (7,678 words) - 17:19, 30 May 2024
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    components will tend to make the magma more viscous (by increasing the concentration of silicates). Thus, stratification of a magma chamber may result in an increase...
    10 KB (1,288 words) - 08:34, 22 April 2024
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    also referred to as metal-silicate differentiation, is the separation of metallic components from silicate in the magma that sink to form a planetary...
    10 KB (1,210 words) - 10:02, 7 May 2024
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    magnetic field is thought to be generated within a partially molten, silicate magma ocean 50 kilometers beneath Io's surface. Similar induced fields were...
    113 KB (12,396 words) - 01:47, 20 July 2024
  • When the parent magmas of basalts crystallize, they preferentially crystallize the more magnesium-rich and iron-poor forms of the silicate minerals olivine...
    8 KB (883 words) - 14:20, 4 May 2024
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    Silicic is the group of silicate magmas which will eventually crystallise a relatively small proportion of ferromagnesian silicates, such as amphibole, pyroxene...
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  • crystallization of igneous rocks, particularly silicates, as well as the rheology and evolution of magma chambers. Magma is composed of minerals, crystals and...
    13 KB (1,488 words) - 20:46, 20 July 2024
  • within the Earth's crust and mantle. Fractional crystallization in silicate melts (magmas) is a very complex process compared to chemical systems in the laboratory...
    21 KB (2,914 words) - 02:23, 20 May 2024
  • the rapid formation of a molten iron core covered by a deep global silicate magma. This event, an important process of planetary differentiation, occurred...
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    Lava (redirect from Crateral magma)
    mineral deposits or by separation of a magma into immiscible silicate and nonsilicate liquid phases. Silicate lavas are molten mixtures dominated by oxygen...
    56 KB (6,577 words) - 18:17, 8 June 2024
  • Celsius the lava rapidly loses viscosity, unlike silicate lavas like those found found on Earth. When magma erupts onto a planet's surface, it is termed lava...
    43 KB (4,745 words) - 14:06, 22 July 2024
  • activity. In magma, a carbonate rich melt is imiscible with a silicate melt. Silicate carbonates contain carbonate triangles, and silicate tetrahedrons...
    11 KB (626 words) - 05:05, 6 February 2024
  • magma series is one of two main subdivisions of the subalkaline magma series, the other subalkaline magma series being the tholeiitic series. A magma...
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    (April 2020). "Magmatic and Metasomatic Effects of Magma–Carbonate Interaction Recorded in Calc-silicate Xenoliths from Merapi Volcano (Indonesia)". Journal...
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    Igneous rocks are formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. The magma can be derived from partial melts of existing rocks in either a...
    48 KB (5,656 words) - 02:36, 23 June 2024
  • Felsic (redirect from Felsic magma)
    are relatively richer in magnesium and iron. Felsic refers to silicate minerals, magma, and rocks which are enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon...
    6 KB (641 words) - 16:16, 14 June 2024
  • so great that a separate hydrothermal fluid phase separated from the silicate magma. As the amount of hydrothermal fluid increases, vapour pressure increases...
    43 KB (4,223 words) - 03:53, 26 February 2024
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    PGE's affinity toward a sulphide melt Directly crystallised from a silicate magma, and then collected by oxide minerals Concentration by hydrothermal...
    55 KB (6,207 words) - 19:28, 12 May 2024
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    The mineral olivine (/ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/) is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4. It is a type of nesosilicate or orthosilicate....
    30 KB (3,083 words) - 14:47, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fractional crystallization (geology)
    a sequence of different minerals. Fractional crystallization in silicate melts (magmas) is complex compared to crystallization in chemical systems at constant...
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