Ternary phase diagram files by Jennifer Wenner, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Geology Department, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh,

WI 54901 and Drew Coleman, University of North Carolina, Department of Geosciences, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 This file contains PDF files of the three-component phase diagrams contained in the phase diagram exercises posted on the Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century website. These are provided so that you may choose the compositions that you would like your students to interpret. Although these are PDF files, they were created in Freehand 10 and Adobe Illustrator. You should be able to open them in either application. All three-component phase diagrams contained in these exercises are based on the phase diagrams found in Chapter 10 of Philpotts (1990). If you would like the Freehand, Adobe Illustrator or .eps files themselves, you may e-mail Jen Wenner at wenner@uwosh.edu and she will send them to you via e-mail. References Cited Philpotts, A.R. (1990) Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. 498 p. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

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Albite

Orthoclase

This phase diagram is at high PH2O such that the relationship between albite and orthoclase is essentially a binary eutectic.

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This phase diagram is at high PH2O such that the relationship between albite and orthoclase is essentially a binary eutectic.
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Albite

Orthoclase

Quartz

This phase diagram is at low PH2O such that albite and orthoclase can exist in solid solution.

Albite

Orthoclase

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Z C B A Y X Q An

Fo

En

X l1 l 2 l 3

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En

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y

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Ab

20

40 60 Wt% An

80

An

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5 10 30 50 70 80 90

Ab

20

40 60 Wt% Or

80

Or