A group of silicate minerals with several cation positions that permit extensive solid solutions. Pyrope is the magnesian aluminium-bearing endmember relevant to a simple iron–magnesium exchange model.
The magnesian aluminium-bearing garnet mineral endmember. In an ideal Mg–Fe site model with other positions fixed, its thermodynamic activity is because three magnesium positions occur per formula unit.
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