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Letter: A high-pressure phase transition of calcite-III

  • Krystle Catalli EMAIL logo and Quentin Williams
Published/Copyright: March 28, 2015
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American Mineralogist
From the journal American Mineralogist Volume 90 Issue 10

Abstract

We document the presence of a high pressure phase transition in metastable calcite-III using infrared spectroscopy. The post-calcite-III transition initiates at a pressure of 15.5 (±2) GPa, and is completed between 25 and 30 GPa. The transition is particularly apparent in the ν4-in-plane bending vibration of the carbonate group, in which two new peaks progressively supplant the doublet associated with calcite-III. Additionally, both the ν3-asymmetric and ν1-symmetric stretches of the carbonate group in the high-pressure phase occur at substantially lower frequencies than the extrapolated positions of the corresponding calcite-III peaks. The geometry of the carbonate unit within the high-pressure phase is likely closer to trigonal symmetry than in the calcite-III structure, and the C-O bond is probably longer than in the lower pressure calcite-III phase.

Received: 2005-3-25
Accepted: 2005-6-6
Published Online: 2015-3-28
Published in Print: 2005-10-1

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2005.1954

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  1. Presidential Address To The Mineralogical Society Of Amrica, Boston, November 6, 2001: Some Precambrian Banded Iron-Formations (BiIFs) From Around The World: Their Age, Geologic Setting, Mineralogy, Metamorphism, Geochemistry, And Origin
  2. Effects of high pressure and high temperature on cation ordering in magnesioferrite, MgFe2O4, using in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction up to 1430 K and 6 GPa
  3. Raman spectroscopy and vibrational analyses of albite: From 25 °C through the melting temperature
  4. A new occurrence of xitieshanite [Fe3+(SO4)Cl⋅6H2O] crystals in acid-mine seepways, Green Valley, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A.
  5. Effect of A-site cation radius on ordering of BX6 octahedra in (K,Na)MgF3 perovskite
  6. Crystal chemistry of NaMgF3 perovskite at high pressure and temperature
  7. Hyperfine electric field gradient tensors at Fe2+ sites in octahedral layers: Toward understanding oriented single-crystal Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements of micas
  8. Does the bazhenovite structure really contain a thiosulfate group? A structural and spectroscopic study of a sample from the type locality
  9. Light-induced degradation dynamics in realgar: in situ structural investigation using single-crystal X-ray diffraction study and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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  12. High-temperature density of lanthanide-bearing Na-silicate melts: Partial molar volumes for Ce2O3, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, and Yb2O3
  13. Coupled dichotomies of apatite and fluid composition during contact metamorphism of siliceous carbonate rocks
  14. The effect of zoned garnet on metapelite pseudosection topology and calculated metamorphic P-T paths
  15. Low-pressure and low-temperature K-bearing kosmochloric diopside from the Osayama serpentinite mélange, SW Japan
  16. Dehydration of natural stilbite: An in situ FTIR study
  17. Structural changes accompanying the phase transformation between leadhillite and susannite: A structural study by means of in situ high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction
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