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Image: P-T diagram showing aluminium silicate-muscovite-quartz-K feldspar phases

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Description: This is an example of a P-T diagram (petrogenetic grid) showing phase transitions of aluminium silicate minerals and the stability boundary between aluminium silicate + potassium feldspar and muscovite + quartz. After (2009) Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology (2nd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 453 ISBN: 9780521880060.
Title: P-T diagram showing aluminium silicate-muscovite-quartz-K feldspar phases
Credit: Own work
Author: Kent G. Budge
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
License: CC0
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