New High-Pressure and High-Temperature CaCO3 Polymorph

D Druzhbin, SV Rashchenko, A Shatskiy… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report an experimental observation of a new CaCO3 calcite-Vb phase,
which occurs as the intermediate between aragonite and calcite-V at pressures> 3.5 GPa …

A primary natrocarbonatitic association in the Deep Earth

FV Kaminsky, ID Ryabchikov, R Wirth - Mineralogy and Petrology, 2016 - Springer
In addition to ultramafic and mafic associations, a primary natrocarbonatitic association
occurs in the lower mantle. To date, it was identified as inclusions in diamonds from the …

Dolomite-IV: Candidate structure for a carbonate in the Earth's lower mantle

M Merlini, V Cerantola, GD Gatta, M Gemmi… - American …, 2017 - degruyter.com
We report the crystal structure of dolomite-IV, a high-pressure polymorph of Fe-dolomite
stabilized at 115 GPa and 2500 K. It is orthorhombic, space group Pnma, a= 10.091 (3), b …

Metastable structures of CaCO3 and their role in transformation of calcite to aragonite and postaragonite

PN Gavryushkin, AB Belonoshko… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Using molecular dynamics simulation and evolutionary metadynamic calculations, a series
of structures were revealed that possessed enthalpies and Gibbs energies lower than those …

Ternary switchable phase transition of CaCO3 by shock waves

A Sivakumar, P Shailaja, M Nandhini, SSJ Dhas… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present article, we disclose shock wave induced crystallographic switchable phase
transition of calcium carbonate nano particles (CaCO 3 NPs). The observed profiles of …

[PDF][PDF] High-pressure minerals

O Tschauner - American Mineralogist, 2019 - degruyter.com
This article is dedicated to the occurrence, relevance, and structure of minerals whose
formation involves high pressure. This includes minerals that occur in the interior of the Earth …

Phase transitions in the system CaCO3 at high P and T determined by in situ vibrational spectroscopy in diamond anvil cells and first-principles simulations

M Koch-Müller, S Jahn, N Birkholz, E Ritter… - Physics and Chemistry …, 2016 - Springer
The stability of the high-pressure CaCO 3 calcite (cc)-related polymorphs was studied in
experiments that were performed in conventional diamond anvil cells (DAC) at room …

Crystal structure and high-pressure phase behavior of a CaCO3–SrCO3 solid solution

L Pennacchioni, NS Martirosyan, A Pakhomova… - Physics and Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
A synthetic CaCO 3–SrCO 3 solid solution with composition Ca 0.82 Sr 0.18 CO 3 was
investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction in the pressure range between 0 and 22 GPa …

Disordered Aragonite: The New High-Pressure, High-Temperature Phase of CaCO3

PN Gavryushkin, N Sagatov… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Phases of CaCO3 stabilized at high pressures and temperatures are the potential agents of
the global carbon cycle, transferring oxidized carbon in deep Earth's interiors and thus are of …

Project M: investigating the effect of additives on calcium carbonate crystallisation through a school citizen science program

CA Murray, L Holland, R O'Brien, A Richards… - …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Calcite and vaterite crystallisation is strongly influenced by the presence of additives during
the reaction process, as demonstrated by organic molecules in biogenic calcium carbonate …