“…One of the most well-known aspects of the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex is the presence of over 20 layers of nearly monomineralic magnetite [Molyneux, 1974] (supporting information Figure S2). Proposed hypotheses for the origin of these layers include gravitational settling [e.g., Cawthorn and Ashwal, 2009], periodic changes in fO 2 [e.g., Klemm et al, 1982;Reynolds, 1985] possibly due to new pulses of magma Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10.1002/2016GC006660 added to the resident magma chamber [e.g., Irvine and Sharpe, 1986], pressure fluctuations [Cawthorn and McCarthy, 1980], and silicate liquid immiscibility [e.g., Scoon and Mitchell, 1994;Harney and von Gruenewaldt, 1995]. There is no recorded change in fO 2 in the UUMZ rocks analyzed here [c.f.…”