Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134746241
Author: Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher: PEARSON
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According to Bowen's Reaction Series, which minerals would you expect to find in a gabbro? olivine, pyroxene, sodium plagioclase olivine, quartz, sodium plagioclase muscovite mica, quartz, biotite olivine, calcium plagioclase, pyroxene
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Transcribed Image Text:According to Bowen's Reaction Series, which minerals would you expect to find in a gabbro? olivine, pyroxene, sodium plagioclase olivine, quartz, sodium plagioclase muscovite mica, quartz, biotite olivine, calcium plagioclase, pyroxene
You find an igneous rock and identify olivine within it. According to Bowen's Reaction Series, which other minerals are probably also contained within the same rock? quartz and calcium plagioclase calcium plagioclase and pyroxene sodium plagioclase and amphibole muscovite mica and quartz
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Transcribed Image Text:You find an igneous rock and identify olivine within it. According to Bowen's Reaction Series, which other minerals are probably also contained within the same rock? quartz and calcium plagioclase calcium plagioclase and pyroxene sodium plagioclase and amphibole muscovite mica and quartz
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The Bowen's reaction series demonstrates the order of crystallization of the minerals. The order of crystallization from the cooling magma forms two series known as discontinuous reaction series and continuous reaction series. 

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