Forsterite (Mg2SiO4; commonly abbreviated as Fo; also known as white olivine) is the magnesium-rich end-member of the olivine solid solution series. It...
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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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is complete at about 750 °C (1,380 °F), with the final products being forsterite (magnesium silicate), silica and water. The global mass balance reaction...
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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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tremolite, talc, and forsterite for the albite-epidote hornfels facies; calcite, dolomite, quartz, tremolite, diopside, and forsterite for the hornblende...
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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...
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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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Fayalite forms solid solution series with the magnesium olivine endmember forsterite (Mg2SiO4) and also with the manganese rich olivine endmember tephroite...
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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...
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iron varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg2SiO4) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe2SiO4) but the ratio...
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grandidierite, sinhalite, hyalophane, uvite, pargasite, clinozoisite, forsterite, warwickite and graphite. List of minerals Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC...
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Forsterite + 3 H 2 O ⏟ Water ⟶ Mg 3 Si 2 O 5 ( OH ) 4 ⏟ serpentine + Mg ( OH ) 2 ⏟ brucite {\displaystyle {\ce {\underbrace{{2 Mg2SiO4}}_{{Forsterite...
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example, forsterite (magnesium olivine) is hydrolyzed into solid brucite and dissolved silicic acid: Mg2SiO4 + 4 H2O ⇌ 2 Mg(OH)2 + H4SiO4 forsterite + water...
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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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magnesium-rich and iron-rich end-members are considered separate minerals (forsterite and fayalite). The details of these rules are somewhat controversial....
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minerals include calcite, dolomite, grossular, wollastonite, talc, diopside, forsterite, cummingtonite, riebeckite and winchite. Tremolite was first described...
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works. Hydration of belite in cement (analogous to forsterite hydration) Hydration reaction of forsterite (olivine) in serpentinisation Locher, Friedrich...
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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...
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Historic specimen of forsterite var. peridot, 1.3 cm × 0.7 cm × 0.4 cm (0.5 in × 0.3 in × 0.2 in). Mining of peridot seems to have begun around 300 BC...
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iron production, the flux consists mostly of a mixture of limestone and forsterite or in some cases dolomite. In the blast furnace the slag floats on top...
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formula Mg2SiO4. It is the orthosilicate salt of magnesium. It exists as Forsterite in nature. Magnesium orthosilicate is made by the fusion of stoichiometric...
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diamonds contain inclusions of common mantle minerals such as pyrope and forsterite, but such mantle minerals have not been observed in carbonado. In contrast...
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sunstone Fergusonite Ferroaxinite Fluorapatite Fluorapophyllite Fluorite Forsterite Friedelite Gadolinite Gahnite Gahnospinel Garnet group: Pyralspite Almandine...
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3SiO2 + 2H2 Reaction 2: Forsterite + aqueous silica → serpentine 3Mg2SiO4 + SiO2 + 4H2O → 2Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Reaction 3: Forsterite + water → serpentine +...
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of a ring oscillator First-order logic, a system of mathematical logic Forsterite, magnesium-rich end-member in the olivine solid solution series Fourier...
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phases (like a slurry). Such is the case, for example, with the olivine (forsterite-fayalite) system, which is common in Earth's mantle. In chemistry, materials...
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mineral that can melt incongruently is enstatite (Mg2Si2O6), which produces forsterite (Mg2SiO4) in addition to a melt richer in SiO2 when melting at low pressure...
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formed at this stage were a variety of calc-silicates, including diopside, forsterite, tremolite, together with talc and chlorite. Subsequent metasomatism,...
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limestone and is typically associated with calcite, pyrite, diopside, humite, forsterite, hauyne and muscovite. Other blue minerals, such as the carbonate azurite...
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