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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1971.038.296.09</article-id>
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<article-title>The Join CaMgSi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>-Ca<sub>2</sub>MgSi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>-CaTiAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub> in the System CaO-MgO-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-TiO<sub>2</sub>-SiO<sub>2</sub> and Its Bearing on Titanpyroxenes</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Onuma</surname>
<given-names>Kosuke</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Yagi</surname>
<given-names>Kenzo</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<aff>Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan</aff></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1971</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<issue>296</issue>
<fpage>471</fpage>
<lpage>480</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>12</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>1970</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1971, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1971</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>The phase equilibrium diagrams of CaMgSi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>-CaTiAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub> with 10, 20, and 30 wt % Ca<sub>2</sub>MgSi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> in the join CaMgSi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>-Ca<sub>2</sub>MgSi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>-CaTiAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub> were determined. Six three-phase assemblages, six four-phase assemblages, and two five-phase assemblages (isobaric trivariant, divariant, and univariant) were confirmed. The univariant assemblages are diopside<sub>ss</sub>+forsterite+&#x00E5;kermanite<sub>ss</sub> + perovskite + liquid and diopside<sub>ss</sub>+&#x00E5;kermanite<sub>ss</sub>+perovskite+spinel + liquid. Because of the complex solid solutions of diopside and &#x00E5;kermanite the crystallization ceases before invariant assemblages are reached and the final phase assemblage in the diopside-rich region is diopside<sub>ss</sub>+&#x00E5;kermanite<sub>ss</sub>+perovskite, in the diopside-poor region diopside<sub>ss</sub>+&#x00E5;kermanite<sub>ss</sub>+perovskite + spinel. Two invariant points, diopside<sub>ss</sub>+forsterite+&#x00E5;kermanite<sub>ss</sub>+perovskite+spinel+liquid and diopside<sub>ss</sub>+&#x00E5;kermanite<sub>ss</sub>+anorthite+perovskite+spinel+liquid in the silica-poor region of the system CaO-MgO-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-TiO<sub>2</sub>-SiO<sub>2</sub> are estimated. The diopside solid solution in this join is discussed with its bearing on the natural titanpyroxenes from alkalic rocks including melilite.</p></abstract>
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