Why fractional crystallization of olivine from a basaltic

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Why would cooling and fractional crystallization of olivine from a basaltic (mafic) melt eventually cause olivine to no longer be a stable mineral in the liquid and react to form orthopyroxene as predicted by Bowen?

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