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Phase Transitions and Physical Properties of Minerals under Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 2061

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Yingwei Fei

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Guest Editor
Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, USA
Interests: materials properties at high pressure and temperature
Dr. Sally Tracy

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Guest Editor
Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, USA
Interests: behavior of materials in extreme environments

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

The fast pace of discovery of exoplanets and novel materials at high pressure challenge researchers to expand the pressure-temperature range to probe material properties under extreme conditions. There have been significant advances in static and dynamic compression techniques and increasing prediction power by first-principles simulations. In this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute papers related to phase transitions and physical properties of minerals under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. We welcome contributions on high-pressure method development, results from both static and dynamic compression experiments, theoretical predictions, and modelling. Accepted manuscripts will be published immediately and collected together on the Special Issue homepage.

Dr. Yingwei Fei
Dr. Sally Tracy
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Minerals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • high-pressure phase transitions
  • static compression
  • shockwave
  • super-earth
  • planetary interior
  • physical properties of minerals

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Deformation and Transformation Textures in the NaMgF3 Neighborite—Post-Perovskite System
by Estelle E. Ledoux, Michael Jugle, Stephen Stackhouse and Lowell Miyagi
Minerals 2024, 14(3), 250; https://doi.org/10.3390/min14030250 - 28 Feb 2024
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The D″ region of the lower mantle, which lies just above the core–mantle boundary, is distinct from the bulk of the lower mantle in that it exhibits complex seismic heterogeneity and seismic anisotropy. Seismic anisotropy in this region is likely to be largely [...] Read more.
The D″ region of the lower mantle, which lies just above the core–mantle boundary, is distinct from the bulk of the lower mantle in that it exhibits complex seismic heterogeneity and seismic anisotropy. Seismic anisotropy in this region is likely to be largely due to the deformation-induced texture (crystallographic preferred orientation) development of the constituent mineral phases. Thus, seismic anisotropy can provide a marker for deformation processes occurring in this dynamic region of the Earth. Post-perovskite-structured (Mg,Fe)SiO3 is believed to be the dominant mineral phase in many regions of the D”. As such, understanding deformation mechanisms and texture development in post-perovskite is important for the interpretation of observed seismic anisotropy. Here, we report on high-pressure diamond anvil cell deformation experiments on NaMgF3 neighborite (perovskite structure) and post-perovskite. During deformation, neighborite develops a 100 texture, as has been previously observed, both in NaMgF3 and MgSiO3 perovskite. Upon transformation to the post-perovskite phase, an initial texture of {130} at high angles to compression is observed, indicating that the {100} planes of perovskite become the ~{130} planes of post-perovskite. Further compression results in the development of a shoulder towards (001) in the inverse pole figure. Plasticity modeling using the elasto-viscoplastic self-consistent code shows this texture evolution to be most consistent with deformation on (001)[100] with some contribution of glide on (100)[010] and (001)<110> in NaMgF3 post-perovskite. The transformation and deformation mechanisms observed in this study in the NaMgF3 system are consistent with the behavior generally observed in other perovskite–post-perovskite systems, including the MgSiO3 system. This shows that NaMgF3 is a good analog for the mantle bridgmanite and MgSiO3 post-perovskite. Full article
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Zagamiite, CaAl2Si3.5O11, the Hexagonal High-Pressure CAS Phase with Dominant Si, as a Mineral from Mars
by Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, John R. Beckett, Eran Greenberg and Vitali B. Prakapenka
Minerals 2024, 14(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/min14010018 - 22 Dec 2023
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Within the Ca-Al-silicate system, dense, layered hexagonal phases occur at high temperatures and pressures between 20 and 23 GPa. They have been observed both in nature and in experiments. In this study, we describe the endmember with a dominant sixfold coordinated Si as [...] Read more.
Within the Ca-Al-silicate system, dense, layered hexagonal phases occur at high temperatures and pressures between 20 and 23 GPa. They have been observed both in nature and in experiments. In this study, we describe the endmember with a dominant sixfold coordinated Si as a mineral zagamiite (IMA 2015-022a). This new mineral identified in Martian meteorites has a general formula of (Ca,Na)(Al,Fe,Mg)2(Si,Al,□)4O11, thus defining CaAl2Si3.5O11 as a previously unknown endmember of the hexagonal CAS phases. Zagamiite assumes space group P63/mmc with a unit cell of a = 5.403(2) Å, c = 12.77(3) Å, V = 322.9(11) Å3, and Z = 2. Zagamiite contains significant Fe and Mg and a substantial deficit of Na relative to plagioclase of an equivalent Al/Si, suggesting that it was formed through crystallization from a melt that was derived from a plagioclase-dominant mixture of plagioclase and clinopyroxene above the solidus beyond 20 GPa. Full article
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Title: Deformation and Transformation Textures in the NaMgF3 Neighborite →Post-Perovskite System

Author: Estelle Ledoux

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