Error Messages generated by the Calc APPLET

These error messages are returned form the server and displayed in the APPLET output text box.
 

Inconsistent Mole Fractions Specified in X -> Thermo

Explanation A set of component mole fractions have been entered in the APPLET display that represent a composition that is ouitside the range of the thermodynamic model utilized to compute solution properties.
Remedy Consult the reference table below for the reference that described the solid solution phase that caused this error message.  The reference will indicate teh range of permissible values for mole fractiosn of endmember components of hat phase.

 
alloy (Fe-Ni) (to be completed)
biotite Sack RO, Ghiorso MS (1989) Importance of considerations of mixing properties in establishing an internally consistent thermodynamic database: thermochemistry of minerals in the system Mg2SiO4-Fe2SiO4-SiO2. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 102, 41-68
cummingtonite and amphibole Ghiorso MS, Evans BW, Hirschmann MM, Yang H (1995) Thermodynamics of the Amphiboles: Fe,Mg-cummingtonite solid solutions. American Mineralogist 80, 502-519
Ghiorso MS, Evans BW (submitted) Thermodynamics of the Amphiboles: II. Ca-Mg-Fe2+ quadrilateral. American Mineralogist
feldspar Elkins LT, Grove TL (1990) Ternary feldspar experiments and thermodynamic models. American Mineralogist 75, 544-559
garnet Berman RG (1990) Mixing properties of Ca-Mg-Fe-Mn garnets. American Mineralogist 75, 328-344
Berman RG, Koziol AM (1991) Ternary excess properties of grossular-pyrope-almandine garnet and their influence in geothermobarometry American Mineralogist76, 1223-1231
hornblende  (to be completed)
melilite Charlu TV, Newton RC, Kleppa OJ (1981) Thermochemistry of synthetic Ca2Al2SiO7 (gehlenite) - Ca2MgSi2O7 (akermanite) melilites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45, 1609-1617
Waldbaum DR (1973) The configurational entropies of Ca2MgSi2O7 - Ca2Al2SiO7 melilites and related minerals. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 39, 33-54
nepheline, kalsilite, leucite (to be completed)
olivine Sack RO, Ghiorso MS (1989) Importance of considerations of mixing properties in establishing an internally consistent thermodynamic database: thermochemistry of minerals in the system Mg2SiO4-Fe2SiO4-SiO2. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 102, 41-68
Hirschmann MM (1991) Thermodynamics of multicomponent olivines and the solution properties of (Ni,Fe,Mg)2SiO4 and (Ca,Mg,Fe)2SiO4 olivines. American Mineralogist76, 1232-1248. 
orthorhombic oxides (to be completed)
pyroxene Sack RO, Ghiorso MS (1994) Thermodynamics of multicomponent pyroxenes I. Formulation of general model. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology116, 277-286
Sack RO, Ghiorso MS (1994) Thermodynamics of multicomponent pyroxenes II. Applications to phase relations in the quadrilateral. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 116, 287-300.
Sack RO, Ghiorso MS (1994) Thermodynamics of multicomponent pyroxenes III. Calibration of Fe2+(Mg)-1, TiAl(MgSi)-1, TiFe3+(MgSi)-1, AlFe3+(MgSi)-1, NaAl(CaMg)-1, Al2(MgSi)-1, and Ca(Mg)-1 exchange reactions between pyroxenes and silicate melts. Contributions to Mineralogy and
Petrology. 118, 271-296
rhombohedral
oxides
Ghiorso MS (1990) Thermodynamic properties of hematite-ilmenite-geikielite solid solutions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 104, 645-667
Ghiorso MS, Sack RO (1991) Fe-Ti oxide geothermometry: thermodynamic formulation and the estimation of intensive variables in silicic magmas. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 108, 485-510. 
spinel Sack RO, Ghiorso MS (1991) An internally consistent model for the thermodynamic properties of Fe-Mg-titanomagnetite-aluminate spinels. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 106, 474-505
Sack RO, Ghiorso MS (1991) Chromian spinels as petrogenetic indicators: thermodynamic and petrologic applications. American Mineralogist76, 827-847. 

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