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Weng Y H, Presnall D C (2001) The system diopside - forsterite - enstatite at 5.1 GPa: a ternary model for melting of the mantle. The Canadian Mineralogist 39, 299-308
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Yang Y, Liu W, Qi Z, Wang Z , Smyth J R , Xia Q (2019) Re-configuration and interaction of hydrogen sites in olivine at high temperature and high pressure. American Mineralogist 104, 878-889
Zhang J S, Dera P, Bass J D (2012) A new high-pressure phase transition in natural Fe-bearing orthoenstatite. American Mineralogist 97, 1070-1074
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