Almost all igneous and metamorphic rocks consist of aggregates of crystalline minerals. How these crystals form and grow is the subject of this chapter. Thermodynamics tells us which minerals should form under any set of conditions, but the nucleation and growth of these phases is determined by kinetic factors.
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