A series formed when there are minerals in-between two isomorphous minerals. An example is the Plagioclase Feldspar group, which contains Albite and Anorthite as the anchor minerals, and minerals varying in amounts of those two minerals. Solid solutions may also be composed of minerals with a definite structure where one element may be minutely replace by another, but is too insignificant to be mentioned in the structure of that mineral.
A solid phase that contains a mixture of more than one element, with the elements combining to give a uniform composition everywhere.
A homogeneous solid mixture
A solid mixture of atoms. Atoms in the solid solution may combine to form precipitates, similar to the separation of precipitates from a liquid. Given enough time and temperature, the precipitates in a solid solution may dissolve, similar to precipitates in a liquid solution.
a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal
a solution in the solid state and consists of two kinds of atoms combined in one type of space lattice
A condition wherein one element is dissolved in another element while the dissolving element is in a solid and not liquid condition.
a single crystalline mineral phase which may range in composition anywhere between two endmember compositions. For example an Mg-Fe solid solution carbonate must contain both Mg and Fe, but the composition may range in chemistry anywhere between (but not including) magnesite and siderite
A single solid homogeneous crystalline phase containing two or more chemical species.
A solid solution is a solid-state solution of one or more solutes in a solvent. Such a mixture is considered a solution rather than a compound when the crystal structure of the solvent remains unchanged by addition of the solutes, and when the mixture remains in a single phase. The solute may incorporate into the solvent crystal lattice substitutionally, by replacing a solvent particle in the lattice, or interstitially, by fitting into the space between solvent particles.