Ab Initio Atomistic Simulations of Ca‐Perovskite Melting

JA Hernandez, CE Mohn, MG Guren… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Melting curves of Ca‐perovskite (pure CaSiO3) were determined by ab initio density
functional theory, using two solid‐liquid coexistence methods and two free energy …

Davemaoite as the mantle mineral with the highest melting temperature

K Yin, AB Belonoshko, Y Li, X Lu - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Knowledge of high-pressure melting curves of silicate minerals is critical for modeling the
thermal-chemical evolution of rocky planets. However, the melting temperature of …

Discovering high-pressure and high-temperature minerals

O Tschauner, C Ma - Celebrating the International Year of Mineralogy …, 2023 - Springer
Defining high-pressure (P) and high-temperature (T) minerals beyond vague conventions
requires robust criteria. The conjunction of mineralogy and (mantle-) geochemistry suggests …

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 …

Response to Comment on “Discovery of davemaoite, CaSiO3-perovskite, as a mineral from the lower mantle”

O Tschauner, S Huang, M Humayun, W Liu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Walter et al. issue a number of critical comments on our report about the discovery of
davemaoite to the end that they believe to show that our results do not provide compelling …

Distinct Groups of Low-and High-Fe Ferropericlase Inclusions in Super-Deep Diamonds: An Example from the Juina Area, Brazil

FV Kaminsky, DA Zedgenizov, VS Sevastyanov… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diamonds from the Rio Sorriso placer in the Juina area, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, contain
mineral inclusions of ferropericlase associated with MgSiO3, CaSiO3, magnesite, merrillite …