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- See
Bowen's reaction series.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- The sequence of minerals produced by reaction between liquid and crystals
during crystallization of a complex magma. Bowen's reaction series has a
continuous side (calcic to alkalic plagioclase) and a discontinuous side
(olivine-pyroxene-amphibole-biotite).
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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