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Polymorphism of feldspars above 10 GPa. / Pakhomova, Anna; Simonova, Dariia; Koemets, Iuliia; Koemets, Egor; Aprilis, Georgios; Bykov, Maxim; Gorelova, Liudmila ; Fedotenko, Timofey; Prakapenka, Vitali; Dubrovinsky, Leonid.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2721, 01.06.2020, p. 2721.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Polymorphism of feldspars above 10 GPa
AU - Pakhomova, Anna
AU - Simonova, Dariia
AU - Koemets, Iuliia
AU - Koemets, Egor
AU - Aprilis, Georgios
AU - Bykov, Maxim
AU - Gorelova, Liudmila
AU - Fedotenko, Timofey
AU - Prakapenka, Vitali
AU - Dubrovinsky, Leonid
N1 - Funding Information: Prof. Dr. Jochen Schlüter (Mineralogisches Museum, Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak), Universität Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, 20146 Hamburg) is highly acknowledged for providing the samples. L.D. acknowledges financial support provided by DFG grants DU 393/9-2 and DU 393/13-1. L.G. was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 19-77-00038. This research was carried out at the light source PETRA III at DESY, a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF), and at GeoSoilEnviroCARS (Sector 13), Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory. GeoSoi-lEnviroCARS is supported by the National Science Foundation-Earth Sciences (EAR-1634415) and Department of Energy-Geosciences (DE-FG02-94ER14466). Use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Feldspars are rock-forming minerals that make up most of the Earth’s crust. Along the mantle geotherm, feldspars are stable at pressures up to 3 GPa and may persist metastably at higher pressures under cold conditions. Previous structural studies of feldspars are limited to ~10 GPa, and have shown that the dominant mechanism of pressure-induced deformation is the tilting of AlO4 and SiO4 tetrahedra in a tetrahedral framework. Herein, based on results of in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies up to 27 GPa, we report the discovery of new high-pressure polymorphs of the feldspars anorthite (CaSi2Al2O8), albite (NaAlSi3O8), and microcline (KAlSi3O8). The phase transitions are induced by severe tetrahedral distortions, resulting in an increase in the Al and/or Si coordination number. High-pressure phases derived from feldspars could persist at depths corresponding to the Earth upper mantle and could possibly influence the dynamics and fate of cold subducting slabs.
AB - Feldspars are rock-forming minerals that make up most of the Earth’s crust. Along the mantle geotherm, feldspars are stable at pressures up to 3 GPa and may persist metastably at higher pressures under cold conditions. Previous structural studies of feldspars are limited to ~10 GPa, and have shown that the dominant mechanism of pressure-induced deformation is the tilting of AlO4 and SiO4 tetrahedra in a tetrahedral framework. Herein, based on results of in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies up to 27 GPa, we report the discovery of new high-pressure polymorphs of the feldspars anorthite (CaSi2Al2O8), albite (NaAlSi3O8), and microcline (KAlSi3O8). The phase transitions are induced by severe tetrahedral distortions, resulting in an increase in the Al and/or Si coordination number. High-pressure phases derived from feldspars could persist at depths corresponding to the Earth upper mantle and could possibly influence the dynamics and fate of cold subducting slabs.
KW - Mineralogy
KW - Petrology
KW - tectonics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085854220&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-020-16547-4
DO - 10.1038/s41467-020-16547-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 32483171
VL - 11
SP - 2721
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 2721
ER -
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