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According to Bowen’ reaction series for silicate minerals,
as temperature of a rock increases, mafic minerals like olivine will melt before felsic minerals like quartz
as a melt cools, mafic minerals (like olivine) will crystallize out before felsic minerals (like quartz)
as a melt cools, felsic minerals (like quartz) will crystallize out before mafic minerals (like olivine)
as pressure on a rock increases, mafic minerals like olivine will transform into felsic minerals like quartz
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