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January 3, 2021 3:50 pmpts 30 pts
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What will be the composition after the complete crystallization of magma in given diagram

If it's 60-40 then why it isn't 18-82? kindly explain anyway
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  • Suvitha thankyou
    after complete crystallization at eutectic it will be 60 -40 ,but at a point given in the diagram the dotted line intersect at 82 percent diopside and 18 percent anorthite
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    Harshvardhan sharma
    What I get from reading again is that In eutectic crystallization,the final composition is of eutectic point and not the bulk composition like in solid solution system