The experimental phase relations of a natural ultra-calcic arc basalt have been determined
Results are identical in critical aspects to those obtained previously on a synthetic ultra-calcic arc composition
Generation of primitive ultra-calcic melt leaves a clinopyroxene-rich residual source, either wehrlite or clinopyroxenite
Ultra-calcic arc compositions at Vulcano are generated at crustal pressures
They represent melts produced by the interaction between primary and clinopyroxene-rich wall-rocks