Abstract
Experimental data obtained for dry melting of muscovite + quartz show that the stability field of this assemblage is extended to higher temperatures compared with the corresponding melting reactions with excess vapor which have been determined by Storre and Karotke (1971, 1972).
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Storre, B. Dry melting of muscovite+quartz in the range P s=7 kb to P s=20 kb. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 37, 87–89 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00377309
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