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Fayalite (Fe 2SiO 4,
commonly abbreviated to Fa) is the iron-rich end-member of the
olivine solid-solution series. In
common with all
minerals in the olivine...
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fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe 2SiO 4).
Compositions of
olivine are
commonly expressed as
molar percentages of
forsterite (Fo) and/or
fayalite (Fa) (e...
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solid solution series. It is
isomorphous with the iron-rich end-member,
fayalite.
Forsterite crystallizes in the
orthorhombic system (space
group Pbnm)...
- a slurry). Such is the case, for example, with the
olivine (forsterite-
fayalite) system,
which is
common in Earth's mantle. In chemistry,
materials science...
- temperature. The
oxidation of the
olivine occurs by an
initial breakdown of the
fayalite component, and
subsequent reaction with the
forsterite component, to give...
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Ferrohortonolite is a
mineral variety in the
olivine series composed of 70% to 90%
fayalite and 30% to 10%
forsterite or Fe/(Fe+Mg)
ratio of 0.7 to 0.9. It is from...
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Epidote Piemontite Erythrite Esperite Ettringite Euclase Eudialyte Euxenite Fayalite Feldspar Andesine Albite Anorthite Anorthoclase Amazonite Bytownite Celsian...
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these conditions,
water is
capable of
oxidizing ferrous (Fe2+ ) ions in
fayalite. The
process is of
interest because it
generates hydrogen gas: Fe2SiO4...
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forsterite and
fayalite whose general formula is (Fe,Mg)2SiO4. The
reaction producing methane from
olivine can be
written as:
Forsterite +
Fayalite +
Water +...
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endmembers of the
solid solution series:
forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg2SiO4) and
fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe2SiO4) but the
ratio in
olivine is not
normally defined...
