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• GraniteRelated: It can change magma composition toward the silica-rich melts that form granite.

• Magma chamberRelated: The main process by which a chamber's melt evolves away from its original composition.

• Igneous rockRelated: Crystal separation can make a magma evolve into compositionally different igneous rocks.

• Partial meltingCompared with: It changes magma composition after melting, rather than producing melt from solid rock.

• AndesiteRelated: Crystal removal can shift basaltic magma toward andesitic composition.

• PegmatiteRelated: This process concentrates water and rare elements in residual melts that can form pegmatite.

• Bowen's reaction seriesRelated: Settled crystals remove early minerals, so reactions with the melt cannot run to completion.

• PlagioclaseRelated: Removing early plagioclase crystals can shift a magma’s composition.

• Decompression meltingCompared with: It changes magma composition after melting, rather than generating melt through pressure loss.

• KomatiiteRelated: It can alter komatiite magma compositions and concentrate metals during cooling.

• GabbroRelated: Crystal separation can produce gabbroic rocks and more evolved residual magmas.

• AnorthositeRelated: Removing or concentrating crystals can create plagioclase-rich rocks.

• Lunar magma oceanRelated: Minerals crystallized in sequence and separated from the lunar melt as it cooled.

• Sierra Nevada batholithRelated: Crystal separation helped produce the batholith’s varied intrusive rock compositions.

• Bushveld ComplexRelated: This process helped generate the complex’s changing mineral and chemical layers.

• DioriteRelated: Crystal removal can shift magma toward the intermediate composition typical of diorite.

• Skaergaard intrusionRelated: The intrusion’s changing mineral assemblages are a classic record of this process.

• TonaliteRelated: Removing early minerals can shift residual magma toward tonalitic composition.

• CarnalliteRelated: Successive salt precipitation concentrates the remaining brine until carnallite can form.

• GranodioriteRelated: It can alter magma composition toward the felsic compositions that form granodiorite.

• Igneous intrusionRelated: Crystal separation can produce compositional variation within an intrusion.

• BatholithRelated: Successive magma batches can crystallize into compositionally varied plutons.

• IlmeniteRelated: Crystal separation can concentrate iron and titanium in magmas that crystallize ilmenite.

• PetaliteRelated: It concentrates lithium and other incompatible elements in residual pegmatite-forming melts.

• LepidoliteRelated: Progressive crystallization can concentrate lithium and other incompatible elements in pegmatite-forming melts.

• TantaliteRelated: Magmatic differentiation can concentrate tantalum in late-stage pegmatite-forming melts.

• Continuous reaction seriesRelated: Its failure to complete reactions explains why natural plagioclase is commonly zoned rather than uniform.

• DaciteRelated: Removing early-forming minerals can enrich residual magma in silica toward dacitic composition.

• Igneous differentiationRelated: Removing early crystals leaves the remaining magma chemically distinct.