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Ferropericlase or magnesiowüstite is a magnesium/iron
oxide with the
chemical formula (Mg,Fe)O that is
interpreted to be one of the main
constituents of...
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mantle is pyrolitic,
containing three major phases of bridgmanite,
ferropericlase, and calcium-silicate perovskite. The high
pressure in the
lower mantle...
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forms a
solid solution with wüstite (FeO) and is then
referred to as
ferropericlase or magnesiowüstite. It was
first described in 1840 and
named from the...
- to form the main
mineral phases of the
lower mantle,
together with
ferropericlase. The
existence of
silicate perovskite in the
mantle was
first suggested...
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Disko Island in West Greenland,
Yakutia in
Russia and Bühl in Germany.
Ferropericlase (Mg,Fe)O, a
solid solution of
periclase (MgO) and wüstite (FeO), makes...
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bridgmanite (formerly
called magnesium silicate perovskite), and
ferropericlase.
Garnet also
becomes unstable at or
slightly below the base of the transition...
- Opx: orthopyroxene; Cpx: clinopyroxene; Gt: garnet; Wad: wadsleyite; Ring: ringwoodite; Pv: perovskite; Fp:
ferropericlase; Ca-Pv:
calcium perovskite....
- Ferro-actinolite
Ferrogedrite Ferrohortonolite (olivine group) Ferronigerite-2N1S
Ferropericlase Ferroselite Fettelite Fichtelite Fingerite Fletcherite Fluckite Fluellite...
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ringwoodite decomposes into
silicate perovskite ((Mg,Fe)SiO3) and
ferropericlase ((Mg,Fe)O) in an
endothermic reaction.
These phase transitions lead...
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diamond inclusions. It is the
second most
abundant inclusion after ferropericlase, for
diamonds with a deep
Earth origin. Its
occurrence can also indicate...
