UHH Mineralogy

GEOL 212: Phase Diagrams

MINERAL PROPERTIES


READING ASSIGNMENTS

NESSE:
Pages 72-73, plotting compositions on diagrams
Pages 81-83, plagioclase binary diagram, example of how zoned crystals form.
Pages 91-92, exsolution and the solvus.

Phase Chemistry and Phase Diagrams


Introduction
Unary Systems
Phase Rule


Binary diagrams

Binary System #1 - Simple system (Di-An)


Binary System # 4 - Solid Solution (Ab-An)

Binary System #5 - Ab-Or


Ternary Systems

Ternary System #2 - Incongruent Melting (Fo-Si-An)


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