Mineralogy of the lower mantle: A review of 'super-deep'mineral inclusions in diamond

F Kaminsky - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Starting from the late 1980s, several groups of lower-mantle mineral inclusions in diamond
have been found. Three associations were established among them: juvenile ultramafic …

On origin of lower-mantle diamonds and their primary inclusions

Y Litvin, A Spivak, N Solopova… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of mineralogy and petrology of unattainable lower mantle material is
usually founded on high-pressure experiments with pyrolite ('in situ'material) and oceanic …

Crystal chemistry of sodium in the Earth's interior: The structure of Na2MgSi5O12 synthesized at 17.5 GPa and 1700 °C

L Bindi, AM Dymshits, AV Bobrov, KD Litasov… - American …, 2011 - degruyter.com
The crystal structure and chemical composition of a crystal of Na2MgSi5O12 garnet
synthesized in the model system Mg3Al2Si3O12-Na2MgSi5O12 at 17.5 GPa and 1700° C …

Na-bearing majoritic garnet in the Na2MgSi5O12–Mg3Al2Si3O12 join at 11–20 GPa: Phase relations, structural peculiarities and solid solutions

AM Dymshits, AV Bobrov, L Bindi, YA Litvin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Na-majorite Na2MgSi5O12 (NaMaj), an end-member of sodium-rich majoritic garnet, was
synthesized and garnet/pyroxene transition was studied in Kawai-type multi-anvil …

High‐pressure phases in shock‐induced melt of the unique highly shocked LL 6 chondrite Northwest Africa 757

J Hu, TG Sharp - Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Northwest Africa 757 is unique in the LL chondrite group because of its abundant shock‐
induced melt and high‐pressure minerals. Olivine fragments entrained in the melt transform …

Mineral equilibria of diamond-forming carbonate-silicate systems

AV Bobrov, YA Litvin - Geochemistry International, 2011 - Springer
Based on experimental and mineralogical data, the model of mantle carbonate-silicate
(carbonatite) melts as dominating parental media for natural diamonds was substantiated. It …

Acid compositions in a veined-lower mantle, as indicated by inclusions of (K, Na)-hollandite+ SiO2 in diamonds

JP Cid, LVS Nardi, CP Cid, PE Gisbert, NM Balzaretti - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Diamonds from Juína area, Brazil, are known by their superdeep origin related to recycling
of oceanic crust, basalts and pelagic sediments in the lower mantle. Chemical and structural …

X-ray single-crystal structural characterization of Na2MgSiO4 with cristobalite-type structure synthesised at 22 GPa and 1800 °C

EA Sirotkina, L Bindi, AV Bobrov… - European Journal …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Na2MgSiO4 is a mineralogical phase known in the literature as N2MS and reported in
several high-pressure experiments (13.6< P< 22 GPa) to coexist with wadsleyite, garnet and …

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C Romano, P Scarlato - Scientific Reports, 2023 - d-nb.info
The chemistry and mineralogy of slabs subducted into lower mantle control slab rheology
and impact the deep volatile cycle. It is known that the metamorphism of little‑altered oceanic …

High-pressure elasticity of sodium majorite garnet, Na2MgSi5O12

M Mookherjee - American Mineralogist, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Garnet is the second most abundant mineral phase in the upper mantle and transition zone
settings. The crystal structure of garnet is quite flexible and hence it is able to accommodate …