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Science 24 September 2004:
Vol. 305. no. 5692, pp. 1951 - 1953
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100160
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Fractionation of the Platinum-Group Elements During Mantle Melting

Conny Bockrath,* Chris Ballhaus, Astrid Holzheid

Experiments in sulfide-silicate systems demonstrate that two sulfide phases are stable in the asthenospheric upper mantle: a crystalline osmium-iridiumruthenium–enriched monosulfide and a rhodium-platinum-palladium–enriched sulfide melt. During silicate melt segregation, monosulfide stays in the solid residue, dominating the noble metal spectrum of residual mantle. The sulfide melt is entrained as immiscible droplets in the segregating silicate melt, defining the noble metal inventory of the basaltic component.

Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Münster, Germany.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bockrat{at}nwz.uni-muenster.de

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