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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...
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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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    tremolite, talc, and forsterite for the albite-epidote hornfels facies; calcite, dolomite, quartz, tremolite, diopside, and forsterite for the hornblende...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    grandidierite, sinhalite, hyalophane, uvite, pargasite, clinozoisite, forsterite, warwickite and graphite. List of minerals Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC...
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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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