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We succeeded to extend the experimental measurements of silicate-melt viscosity up to about 30 GPa and more than 2500 K, by devising an in-situ falling sphere method coupled with boron-doped diamond heater and ultra-fast cameral (1000 f/s) in the multi-anvil apparatus. We determined viscosities of molten forsterite, enstatite and diopside from 5 to 30 GPa and at temperatures just above their liquidus. Melt viscosities of the three compositions are found very low, in the range of 0.01 to 0.1 Pa.s, at mantle pressure conditions. The extremely low viscosity implies a short life-time for the magma ocean (1-6 thousands years) and, potentially, a fractional crystallization.
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