Forsterite-Fayalite Phase DiagramAn Animation by Karl Wirth - August 2003
Equilibrium Crystallization Fractional CrystallizationEnd
Initial Melt (Fo75) at 1900 °C
Cool
LegendIronMagnesium
Cooling to Liquidus at 1800 °C
Crystallize
Crystallization (Fo95) at 1820 °C
Cool & Equil Crystallizing …
Crystal-Melt Equilibration at 1780 °C
Equilibrating …
Equilibrated Melt at 1780 °C
Crystallize
Crystallization (Fo90) at 1780 °C
Cool & Equil Crystallizing …
Crystal-Melt Equilibration at 1730 °C
Equilibrating …
Equilibrated Melt at 1730 °C
Crystallize
Crystallization (Fo85) at 1730 °C
Crystallizing …Cool & Equil
Equilibration at 1640 °C
Equilibrating …
Equilibrated Melt at 1640 °C
Crystallize
Crystallization (Fo75) at 1640 °C
Crystallizing …
Olivine (Fo75) at 1640 °C
Cool
Olivine (Fo75) at 1500 °C
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Initial Melt (Fo75) at 1900 °C
Cool
LegendIronMagnesium
Fo75
Cooling to Liquidus at 1800 °C
Crystallize
Fo75
Crystallization (Fo95) at 1800 °C
Crystallize Crystallizing &Differentiating…
Fo95
Fo75
Fo68
Crystallization (Fo90) at 1780 °C
Crystallize
Fo95
Fo90
Crystallizing &Differentiating…
Fo68
Fo60
Crystallization (Fo85) at 1730 °C
Crystallize
Fo95
Fo90
Fo85
Crystallizing &Differentiating…
Fo60
Fo30
Crystallization (Fo60) at 1640 °C
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Fo95
Fo90
Fo85
Fo60
Crystallizing &Differentiating…
Fo30
Fo0