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The Compositions of Coexisting Pyroxenes in Metamorphic Assemblages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

I. D. Muir ,
C. E. Tilley  and
J. H. Scoon
I. D. Muir
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Cambridge.
C. E. Tilley
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Cambridge.
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Abstract

Chemical and optical data are provided on pyroxene pairs in a range of metamorphic assemblages. Tie line trends in the system CaSiO3–MgSiO3–FeSiO3 for these assemblages are compared with those recorded for plutonic igneous associations.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 95 , Issue 5 , October 1958 , pp. 403 - 408
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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