Minerals form from magma in predictable patterns in a process known as Bowen's reaction series.
Bowen's reaction series is the general model for the formation and the crystallization sequence of magma as the cooling process occurs. Bowen's reaction series was the idea of Norman L. Bowen. The series explains that minerals crystallize differently at certain temperatures as they cool. It also states why specific types of minerals are found together and why others are almost never connected with one another.
