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The ‘average’ interdiffusion coefficient (\(\bar D\)) for NaSi—CaAl exchange in plagioclase for the interval from An0 to An26 was estimated from experimentally determined homogenization times for peristerite exsolution lamellae. The average spacing between adjacent (unlike) lamellae is 554±77 Å. Dry heating in air at 1,100°C for 98 days produced no change in the exsolution microstructure; thus \(\bar D\)(dry)<10−17 cm2/s. This limit is consistent with the recently reported ‘average’ \(\bar D\)(dry) values for the Huttenlocher interval (An70–90) at this temperature. At 1.5 GPa with about 0.2 weight percent water added the ‘average’ diffusion coefficient from 1,100°C to 900°C is given by: \(\bar D\)(wet)=18 +108−15 (cm2/s) exp (−97±5 (kcal/mol)/RT), where R is the gas constant, and T is °K. This \(\bar D\)(wet) at 1,100°C is more than three orders of magnitude greater than \(\bar D\)(dry) for Na- and Ca-rich plagioclases.
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Yund, R.A. Interdiffusion of NaSi—CaAl in peristerite. Phys Chem Minerals 13, 11–16 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00307308
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