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Figure 2.8. Measured MgO (wt %) abundance versus An content of all<br />

xenolith plagioclase crystals and plagioclase phenocrysts examined in this<br />

study. All data were obtained by EPMA. Magnesium partitioning is weakly<br />

affected or unaffected by plagioclase composition e.g., [7]. I suggest low<br />

pressure (depth range shallower than 7 km) crystallization of relatively<br />

primitive OJP magmas can generate low MgO, An-rich plagioclase.<br />

2.5.3 Parental magma compositions<br />

2.5.3.1 Major Elements<br />

Parent magmas of the An-rich xenolith interiors tend to have lower Ti at a<br />

given Mg number (Mg/[Mg+Fe]) than phenocryst parent magmas. On a plot of<br />

Mg number vs. Ti, phenocryst parent magmas overlap the Kwaimbaita whole-rock<br />

basalt field, whereas the An-rich xenolith interiors trend below the fields defined<br />

by OJP basalts (Fig. 2.9a; Table 2.3).<br />

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