...and optical propt-rtii" It is thus proved experimentally that nephelite reacts with diopside to fun melilite, a reaction analogous to that which is considered to have taken pine between augite and alkalic liquid in the natural rocks. This reaction is uf il nature of a desllication...

...that from intermediate mixtures forsterite and melilite are the first products to crystallize and the melilites so formed are analogous to natural melilites...reacts with diopside to form melilite, a reaction analogue to that which is considered to have taken place between augite and alkalic liquid in the natural...

...been alkaline in character ; and Bowen brings forward experimental evidence to show that nepheline reacts with diopside to form melilite, a reaction analogous to that which has taken place in the alnöite magma. The formation of melilite and other lime-rich minerals in an...