reaction pair

reaction pair

[rē′ak·shən ‚per]
(mineralogy)
Any two minerals, one of which is formed at the expense of the other by reaction with liquid.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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