Bowen's Reaction Series - a petrologist's perspective
on crystallization of igneous minerals and magma differentiation.
Use Bowen's reaction series to review the occurrences, structures, and
chemistries of silicate minerals
know these minerals for the final, in terms of their chemical
formula structure relationships to other minerals (associations, solid
solutions, diagrams)
olivines (forsterite)
pyroxenes (esp. orthopyroxenes and augite)
amphiboles (esp. orthoamphiboles and hornblende)
micas (esp. muscovite and biotite)
feldspars (both the alkali and plagioclase feldspars)
silica minerals (occurrences of the SiO2 polymorphs, and their approximate
P-T stability)