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When you extract a basaltic partial melt from the mantle, what is the main mineral you leave behind?
Fayalite, the iron-rich olivine end-member
Biotite, because it is a mafic mineral
Forsterite, the magnesium-rich olivine end-member
Quartz, the mineral at the end of Bowen's Reaction Series
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