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Partitioning of elements in sector-zoned clinopyroxenes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

B. B. Jensen
B. B. Jensen*
Affiliation:
Mineralogical-Geological Museum, Sars Gate 1, N-0562 Oslo 5, Norway
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*E-mail: brendab@sensewave.com
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Abstract

Detailed chemical analyses of different portions of laboratory-grown sector-zoned clinopyroxene been provided by Skulski et al. (1994). These data have been plotted here in PC-IR diagrams results indicate equilibrium crystallization and protosite control of element selection.

Keywords

sector-zonedclinopyroxenePC-IR plotsprotosite control

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 64 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 725 - 728
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2000

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