Direct observation of immiscibility in pyrope-almandine-grossular garnet

American Mineralogist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-46

  Wang, Liping ^a,b   Essene, Eric J ^a   Zhang, Youxue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; MISCIBILITY GAP; MIXING MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

GARNETS;

ALMANDINE; GARNET; GROSSULAR; IMMISCIBILITY; PYROPE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034070929     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2000-0106     Document Type: Article

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