The origin of chondrules - Experimental investigation of metastable liquids in the system Mg2SiO4-SiO2

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Chondrule, Crystallization, Crystallography, Forsterite, Metastable State, Crystal Structure, Laser Heating, Lunar Soil, Meteoritic Microstructures, Nucleation, Photomicrography, Silicon Dioxide, Supercooling

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Laser-melted magnesium silicate droplets were supercooled 400-750 C below their equilibrium liquidus temperatures before crystallization and their texture was compared with that of meteoritic and lunar chondrules. Crystal morphology, width and texture were studied in relation to nucleation temperature and bulk composition. It was found that the only phase to nucleate from the forsterite-enstatite normative melts was forsterite. Highly siliceous glass, about 65% SiO2 by weight, was identified interstitially to the forsterite crystals in seven of the MgSiO4 spherules and was thought to be present in all.

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