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    Fayalite (Fe 2SiO 4, commonly abbreviated to Fa) is the iron-rich end-member of the olivine solid-solution series. In common with all minerals in the olivine...
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    solid solution series. It is isomorphous with the iron-rich end-member, fayalite. Forsterite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (space group Pbnm)...
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  • Factor analysis, a statistical method Fanconi anemia, a genetic disease Fayalite, an olivine mineral Femtoampere (fA) Fluorescein angiography, for eye examination...
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    4) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe 2SiO 4). Compositions of olivine are commonly expressed as molar percentages of forsterite (Fo) and/or fayalite (Fa) (e...
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    temperature. The oxidation of the olivine occurs by an initial breakdown of the fayalite component, and subsequent reaction with the forsterite component, to give...
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  • a slurry). Such is the case, for example, with the olivine (forsterite-fayalite) system, which is common in Earth's mantle. In chemistry, materials science...
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    Fe3O4 + O2 ⇌ 6 Fe2O3 NiNiO: nickel-nickel oxide: 2 Ni + O2 ⇌ 2 NiO FMQ: fayalite-magnetite-quartz: 3 Fe2SiO4 + O2 ⇌ 2 Fe3O4 + 3 SiO2 WM: wüstite-magnetite:...
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  • Ferrohortonolite is a mineral variety in the olivine series composed of 70% to 90% fayalite and 30% to 10% forsterite or Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratio of 0.7 to 0.9. It is from...
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    iron-rich end-members are considered separate minerals (forsterite and fayalite). The details of these rules are somewhat controversial. For instance,...
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    series exists between tephroite and its analogues, the group endmembers fayalite and forsterite. Divalent iron or magnesium may readily replace manganese...
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  • Epidote Piemontite Erythrite Esperite Ettringite Euclase Eudialyte Euxenite Fayalite Feldspar subgroup: Andesine Albite Anorthite Anorthoclase Amazonite Bytownite...
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  • endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg2SiO4) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe2SiO4) but the ratio in olivine is not normally defined...
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    Phenakite – Be2SiO4 Willemite – Zn2SiO4 Olivine group Forsterite – Mg2SiO4 Fayalite – Fe2SiO4 Tephroite – Mn2SiO4 Garnet group Pyrope – Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 Almandine...
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    ferrosilite is stable only at elevated pressure, decomposing into quartz and fayalite at atmospheric pressure unless stabilized by magnesium or other impurities...
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    2H+ + 2e− FeS + H2S + CO2 → FeS2 + HCOOH The reactions are: Reaction 1: Fayalite + water → magnetite + aqueous silica + hydrogen 3Fe2SiO4 + 2H2O → 2Fe3O4...
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  • a group or series of minerals. For example, forsterite (Mg 2SiO 4) and fayalite (Fe 2SiO 4) are the two end-members of the olivine solid-solution series...
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    trydimite are sometimes present along with the quartz. Biotite, augite, fayalite, and hornblende are common accessory minerals. Due to their high content...
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  • beryl) Fabianite Farneseite Faujasite (subgroup of zeolites) Faustite Fayalite (olivine group) Feldspar (mineral group) Feldspathoid (mineral group) Felsőbányaite...
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    anions (a negatively charged ion). Iron silicate, Fe2SiO4, the mineral fayalite, is one of many examples of a ternary oxide. For many metal oxides, the...
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    forsterite and fayalite whose general formula is (Fe,Mg)2SiO4. The reaction producing methane from olivine can be written as: Forsterite + Fayalite + Water +...
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    in a sequence: mullite + tridymite, followed by sekaninaite and finally fayalite + clinoferrosilite (Grapes et al., 2010). Similar trends are observed for...
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    and olivine if it is present as Fe2+; Fe3+ cannot enter the lattice of fayalite olivine and thus for every two Fe3+ ions, one Fe2+ is used and one molecule...
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    solution of forsterite, the magnesium endmember of (Mg2+, Fe2+)2SiO4, and fayalite, the iron endmember, with forsterite typically making up about 90% of the...
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  • Fluor-dravite Fdrv Favreauite Fav Ferro-katophorite Foktp Fluor-elbaite Felb Fayalite Fa Ferrokentbrooksite Fktb Fluorellestadite Fel Fedorite Fdr Ferrokësterite...
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    cell is somewhat larger than for the calcium free olivines forsterite and fayalite with a = 0.4815 nm, b = 1.108 nm and c = 0.637 nm, and for monticellite...
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    buffer. At lower oxygen levels, magnetite can form a buffer with quartz and fayalite known as the QFM buffer. At still lower oxygen levels, magnetite forms...
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    minerals are bronzite (an orthopyroxene), and olivine. Characteristic is the fayalite (Fa) content of the olivine of 16 to 20 mol%. They contain also 15–19%...
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    Scanning Electron Microscope interface image of a fayalite-pyroxene symplectite (at right) in a Martian meteorite...
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  • Fe2O12W3 iron(III) orthotungstate Fe2P diiron phosphide 1310-43-6 Fe2SiO4 fayalite 13918-37-1 Fe3H2Na2O45Si chrysotile white asbestos 12001-28-4 Fe3O4 iron(II...
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    present as iron oxide (FeO) in the silicates; olivine contains 26 to 32 mol% fayalite (Fa). The most abundant minerals are hypersthene (a pyroxene) and olivine...
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