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 …

Thermal expansivity, heat capacity and bulk modulus of the mantle

L Stixrude, C Lithgow-Bertelloni - Geophysical Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We derive exact expressions for the thermal expansivity, heat capacity and bulk modulus for
assemblages with arbitrarily large numbers of components and phases, including the …

Phase relations of harzburgite and MORB up to the uppermost lower mantle conditions: precise comparison with pyrolite by multisample cell high‐pressure …

T Ishii, H Kojitani, M Akaogi - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We determined phase relations of harzburgite and basalt (mid‐ocean ridge basalt, MORB)
at 12–28 GPa and 1600–2200° C with a large number of experiments using a multianvil …

Phase relations and mineral chemistry in pyrolitic mantle at 1600–2200 C under pressures up to the uppermost lower mantle: Phase transitions around the 660-km …

T Ishii, H Kojitani, M Akaogi - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2018 - Elsevier
We determined phase relations of pyrolite at 12–28 GPa and 1600–2200° C using a 6–8
Kawai-type multianvil apparatus. A large number of high pressure and high temperature …

An experimental investigation of the stability of majoritic garnet in the Earth's mantle and an improved majorite geobarometer

CH Wijbrans, A Rohrbach, S Klemme - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2016 - Springer
The stability of the majorite component in garnet has been experimentally investigated at
high pressure and high temperature, focusing on the effect of bulk composition and …

Trace element composition of silicate inclusions in sub-lithospheric diamonds from the Juina-5 kimberlite: Evidence for diamond growth from slab melts

AR Thomson, SC Kohn, GP Bulanova, CB Smith… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
The trace element compositions of inclusions in sub-lithospheric diamonds from the Juina-5
kimberlite, Brazil, are presented. Literature data for mineral/melt partition coefficients were …

High-pressure phase transitions and subduction behavior of continental crust at pressure–temperature conditions up to the upper part of the lower mantle

T Ishii, H Kojitani, M Akaogi - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
We precisely determined detailed phase relations of upper continental crust (UCC) at 20–
28GPa and 1200–1800° C across the 660-km discontinuity conditions with a high-pressure …

Metapyroxenite in the mantle transition zone revealed from majorite inclusions in diamonds

ES Kiseeva, GM Yaxley, AS Stepanov… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The transition zone of the Earth's mantle (the depth interval between two major seismic
discontinuities at 410 km and 660 km) is critical to understanding our planet's evolution …

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 …

Broad green emission in the leucite-like Cs2ZnSi5O12: Eu2+ phosphor

S Hariyani, E Armijo, J Brgoch - ECS Journal of Solid State …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Cesium zinc silicate substituted with Eu 2+ has been synthesized as a new green-emitting
phosphor with potential application in UV-based solid state white lighting. Cs 2 ZnSi 5 O 12 …