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Subsolidus data for the join Ca2SiO4—CaMgSiO4 and the stability of merwinite1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Della M. Roy
Della M. Roy*
Affiliation:
College of Mineral Industries, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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Summary

A study of phase equilibria among the orthosilicates on the Ca2SiO4—CaMgSiO4 join was undertaken with the use of hydrothermal techniques in the temperature range 600–900°C. at water pressures from 1000 to 15000 psi. Monticellite, merwinite, and Ca2SiO4 crystallize as pure phases throughout this temperature range, and intermediate compositions contain mixtures of the end members. Powder X-ray diffraction data obtained on the mixtures indicate no change in lattice dimensions from the end members. Hence, very little or no solid solution is indicated at these temperatures. Ca2SiO4 was crystallized as the γ-form below 675°C. (at 2000 psi) and the β-form above this temperature (presumably having inverted from the α′-form on cooling to room temperature). Infra-red absorption spectra obtained on the compounds γ-Ca2SiO4, β-Ca2SiO4, merwinite, and monticellite show characteristic differences in the pattern within the 9–13 micron region. All the data thus appear to confirm merwinite as a unique compound stable in the temperature range studied.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 31 , Issue 233 , June 1956 , pp. 187 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1956

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