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Experimental data on melting reactions of muscovite+quartz in the system K2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O to 20 Kb water pressure

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New experiments on melting reactions of muscovite + quartz obtained for a mixture using a synthetic muscovite confirm he experimental data obtained for a mixture using a natural muscovite which have been reported recently. [

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  1. Mineralogisch-Petrologisches Institut der Universität, V. M. Goldschmidt-Str. 1, D-3400, Göttingen, Germany

    Bernhard Storre &  Ekkehard Karotke

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Storre, B., Karotke, E. Experimental data on melting reactions of muscovite+quartz in the system K2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O to 20 Kb water pressure. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 36, 343–345 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00444341

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