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Fayalite (Fe 2SiO 4,
commonly abbreviated to Fa) is the iron-rich end-member of the
olivine solid-solution series. In
common with all
minerals in the olivine...
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solid solution series. It is
isomorphous with the iron-rich end-member,
fayalite.
Forsterite crystallizes in the
orthorhombic system (space
group Pbnm)...
- 4) and
fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe 2SiO 4).
Compositions of
olivine are
commonly expressed as
molar percentages of
forsterite (Fo) and/or
fayalite (Fa) (e...
- temperature. The
oxidation of the
olivine occurs by an
initial breakdown of the
fayalite component, and
subsequent reaction with the
forsterite component, to give...
- a slurry). Such is the case, for example, with the
olivine (forsterite-
fayalite) system,
which is
common in Earth's mantle. In chemistry,
materials science...
- iron-rich end-members are
considered separate minerals (forsterite and
fayalite). The
details of
these rules are
somewhat controversial. For instance,...
- Fe3O4 + O2 ⇌ 6 Fe2O3 NiNiO: nickel-nickel oxide: 2 Ni + O2 ⇌ 2 NiO FMQ:
fayalite-magnetite-quartz: 3 Fe2SiO4 + O2 ⇌ 2 Fe3O4 + 3 SiO2 WM: wustite-magnetite:...
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endmembers of the
solid solution series:
forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg2SiO4) and
fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe2SiO4) but the
ratio in
olivine is not
normally defined...
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trydimite are
sometimes present along with the quartz. Biotite, augite,
fayalite, and
hornblende are
common accessory minerals. Due to
their high content...
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Epidote Piemontite Erythrite Esperite Ettringite Euclase Eudialyte Euxenite Fayalite Feldspar subgroup:
Andesine Albite Anorthite Anorthoclase Amazonite Bytownite...
