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Liquid immiscibility between silicate and carbonate melts in naturally occuring ijolite magma

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PORTIONS of the fluids and melts responsible for the crystallisation of rocks and minerals may be trapped and preserved as small inclusions within a crystal, providing much information about the physical and chemical conditions prevailing during crystallisation1,2.

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  1. Department of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, SW7 2BP, UK

    A. H. RANKIN

  2. Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK

    M. J. LE BAS

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RANKIN, A., LE BAS, M. Liquid immiscibility between silicate and carbonate melts in naturally occuring ijolite magma. Nature 250, 206–209 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250206a0

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