Experimental quenched magma
by Thomas P. Ferrand, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
A millimetric piece of Balmuccia peridotite was melted and quenched in the laboratory. The SEM picture shows a biphasic glass: metal oxides in the dense (white) spheres and a lighter silicate phase. Around the spheres a myriad of (sub)micrometric crystals formed. The larger ones reach about 1 micron.
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2016
Submitted on 14 Feb 2018
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- Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics (343)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (854)
- Geodynamics (357)
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- Laboratory (101)
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- Europe (3484)
- Western Europe (687)
- France (151)
- Exact location (2.3462 E, 48.8429 N)
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iron, melt, experimental, melting, experiment, peridotite, lab, spherulites, quench, cryatllization, oxides, spheres, magma, myriad, crystals, biphasic
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