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 …

Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup

ES Grew, AJ Locock, SJ Mills… - American …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The garnet supergroup includes all minerals isostructural with garnet regardless of what
elements occupy the four atomic sites, ie, the supergroup includes several chemical classes …

The lithospheric-to-lower-mantle carbon cycle recorded in superdeep diamonds

ME Regier, DG Pearson, T Stachel, RW Luth, RA Stern… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The transport of carbon into Earth's mantle is a critical pathway in Earth's carbon cycle,
affecting both the climate and the redox conditions of the surface and mantle. The largest …

Major and trace element composition of chromian diopsides from the Zagadochnaya kimberlite (Yakutia, Russia): Metasomatic processes, thermobarometry and …

P Nimis, A Zanetti, I Dencker, NV Sobolev - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
The major and trace element composition of chromian diopsides and associate minerals
from concentrates of the diamond-free Zagadochnaya kimberlite have been studied to gain …

Na-bearing bridgmanite: Synthesis, phase relations and application to the origin of alkaline melts in the uppermost lower mantle

AV Bobrov, AP Tamarova, L Bindi, EA Matrosova… - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
Experimental studies of melting relations in the MgSiO 3–Na 2 CO 3 (±Al 2 O 3, Fe 2 O 3)
multicomponent alkaline carbonate–silicate system were carried out at 23–24 GPa and …

K-and Na-rich davemaoite inclusion in diamond is not inherited from deeply subducted oceanic crusts

W Sun, R Tao, J Zhu, C Wang, T Ishii, Y Li - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep potassium (K) and sodium (Na) cycles can affect the physiochemical properties and
geodynamic processes of the Earth's interior, to some extent. Recently reported natural K …

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 …

Peridotite–eclogite–carbonatite systems at 7.0–8.5 GPa: concentration barrier of diamond nucleation and syngenesis of its silicate and carbonate inclusions

AV Bobrov, YA Litvin - Russian Geology and Geophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
Diamond crystallization in multicomponent melts of variable composition is studied. The melt
carbonates are K2CO3, CaCO3⋅ MgCO3, and K-Na-Ca-Mg-Fe-carbonatites, and the melt …

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 …

X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of clinopyroxenes with six-coordinated Si in the Na(Mg0.5Si0.5)Si2O6-NaAlSi2O6 system

H Yang, J Konzett, DJ Frost… - American …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Five clinopyroxenes containing various amounts of six-coordinated Si (VISi) in the Na (Mg0.
5Si0. 5) Si2O6 (NaPx)-NaAlSi2O6 (jadeite) system have been synthesized at 15 GPa and …