using synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements. The results demonstrate that it transforms
to a CaIrO3-type post-perovskite phase above 63 GPa at 1800 K. The density increase is
1.5% at the transition pressure. These observations confirm that MgGeO3 is a low-pressure
analogue to MgSiO3, for which a similar phase transition was recently found above 125 GPa
and 2500 K. The unit-cell parameters of MgGeO3 post-perovskite phase obtained at 300 K …