SPINMELT
Models of the SPINMELT family are developed for simulating spinel-melt equilibria in magmatic systems. This is a useful petrologic tool allowing for examinations of the effects of oxygen fugacity and chromium contents in the melt on the equilibrium temperature and composition of chrome-aluminous spinels crystallized.
SPINMELT 2 New
Models of the SPINMELT family are developed for simulating spinel-melt equilibria in magmatic systems (Ariskin and Nikolaev, 1996). This is a useful petrologic tool allowing for examinations of the effects of oxygen fugacity and chromium contents in the melt on the equilibrium temperature and composition of chrome-aluminous spinels crystallized. The second version of the models (SPINMELT-2.0) is capable to model spinel compositions at variable T-fO2-conditions and elevated pressures (up to 15 kbar) in a wide range of mafic to ultramafic magmas (Nikolaev et al., 2018ab).
Download
- Windows (EXE installer, including Java Runtime Environment)
- SpinMelt 2.1.0.8 »
- Msc OSX (PKG installer, including Java Runtime Environment)
- SpinMelt 2.1.0.8 »
- Linux (DEB installer, including Java Runtime Environment)
- SpinMelt 2.1.0.8 (x64) »
SpinMelt 2.1.0.8 (i386) »
- Platform independent JAR (Java 8 must be installed)
- SpinMelt 2.1.0.8 »
Recent changes
- ver. 2.2.0.10 - add new Al equations, add options for Fe2/Fe3 ratio calculation, fix Fe2/Fe3 output in the result table (beta-testing)
- ver. 2.1.0.8 - fix calculation for high-temperature spinels
- ver. 2.1.0.6 - remove redundant "spaces" from column names for input data
- ver. 2.1.0.5 - fix export to Excel-files on Windows XP
- ver. 2.1.0.4 - fix import from Excel-files with empty worksheets
- ver. 2.1.0.3 - fix "#mg" value in calculation results
- ver. 2.1.0.2 - initial release
Compatibility
- Windows (Windows 10, Windows 8.x, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP)
- Mac OS X
- Linux (Debian-based distributive)
References
- Nikolaev, G. S., Ariskin, A. A. & Barmina, G. S. (2018). SPINMELT-2.0: Simulation of spinel–melt equilibrium in basaltic systems under pressures up to 15 kbar: I. Model formulation, calibration, and tests. Geochemistry International. 56, 24–45.
- Nikolaev, G. S., Ariskin, A. A. & Barmina, G. S. (2018). SPINMELT-2.0: Simulation of spinel–melt equilibrium in basaltic systems under pressures up to 15 kbar: II. Description of the program package, the topology of the Cr-spinel–melt model system, and petrological implications. Geochemistry International. 56, 125–135.