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Forsterite (Mg2SiO4;
commonly abbreviated as Fo; also
known as
white olivine) is the magnesium-rich end-member of the
olivine solid solution series. It...
- will
cause both
windows to
appear the same
color (violet).
Synthetic forsterite (Mg 2SiO 4, the magnesium-rich end-member of olivine) has also been sold...
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Fayalite forms solid solution series with the
magnesium olivine endmember forsterite (Mg2SiO4) and also with the
manganese rich
olivine endmember tephroite...
- as
molar percentages of
forsterite (Fo) and/or
fayalite (Fa) (e.g., Fo70Fa30, or just Fo70 with Fa30 implied).
Forsterite's melting temperature is unusually...
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contain iron and hydrogen. It is
polymorphous with the
olivine phase forsterite (a
magnesium iron silicate).
Ringwoodite is
notable for
being able to...
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indicate that tiny
forsterite crystals might be
falling down like rain on to the
protostar HOPS-68. The
discovery of the
forsterite crystals in the outer...
- tremolite, talc, and
forsterite for the albite-epidote
hornfels facies; calcite, dolomite, quartz, tremolite, diopside, and
forsterite for the hornblende...
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dominated by iron-poor
pyroxene and olivine, as
represented by
enstatite and
forsterite, respectively,
along with sodium-rich
plagioclase and
minerals of mixed...
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breakdown of the
fayalite component, and
subsequent reaction with the
forsterite component, to give
magnetite and orthopyroxene. Olivine, of
which peridot...
- 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 the
obsolete hortonolite...
