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🪨 Bowen's Reaction Series

Interactive 3D Bowen's Reaction Series simulator: cool a magma melt at any rate and watch minerals crystallize in order along the continuous plagioclase and discontinuous ferromagnesian branches, forming plutonic or volcanic rock texture.

Geology & Earth Science3DModerate60 FPS🌍 Earth
petrology ↗ Open standalone
⚙ Under the hood

Cool a 3D magma melt at any rate and watch minerals crystallize in the fixed order of Bowen's Reaction Series, along both the continuous plagioclase branch and the discontinuous ferromagnesian branch, ending in a plutonic or volcanic rock texture depending on how fast it cooled.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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