Abstract

The partitioning of Fe and Mg between coexisting garnet and olivine has been studied at 30 kb pressure and temperatures of 900 ° to 1,400 °C. The results of both synthesis and reversal experiments demonstrate that KD (= (Fe/Mg)gt/(Fe/Mg)OI) is strongly dependent on Fe/Mg ratio and on the calcium content of the garnet. For example, at 1,000 °C/30 kb, KD varies from about 1.2 in very iron-rich compositions to 1.9 at the magnesium end of the series. Increasing the mole fraction of calcium in the garnet from 0 to 0.3 at 1,000 ° C increases KD in magnesian compositions from 1.9 to about 2.5.

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