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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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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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