exsolution lamellae
exsolution lamellae
[¦ek·sə′lü·shən lə′mel·ē] (geology)
Layers of sedimentary rock that solidify from solution by either precipitation or secretion.
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The transparency is due to the lack of
exsolution lamellae in some samples.
The miscibility gap is narrower at high temperatures, so that under slow cooling conditions, early formed augites and low-Ca pyroxenes develop
exsolution lamellae as low-Ca pyroxene and augite (respectively) are expelled from the structures.
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