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The right-rectangular parallelepiped resonance (RPR) form of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) is applied to monoclinic crystal symmetry to determine the 13 adiabatic elastic constants, C ij , of single-crystal chrome-diopside Di0.93Hd0.03Ur0.02 X 0.02 (Di, diopside; Hd, hedenbergite; Ur, ureyite; X, other or unknown). These data represent the first published values of the elastic tensor for a monoclinic single-crystal determined by the RPR method, thus demonstrating the feasibility of this method for studying elasticity of low-symmetry crystals. The lowest 62 modal frequencies of a gem-quality specimen were measured and identified at ambient temperature and pressure. Inverting the modal frequencies results in, respectively C 11, C 22, C 33, C 44, C 55, C 66, C 12, C 13, C 23, C 15, C 25, C 35, C 46 values (GPa) of 228.1(1.0), 181.1(0.6), 245.4(1.3), 78.9(0.3), 68.2(0.2), 78.1(0.2), 78.8(0.5), 70.2(0.7), 61.1(0.7), 7.9(0.5), 5.9(0.5), 39.7(0.4), and 6.4(0.2), where numbers in parentheses indicate experimental uncertainty. The corresponding isotropic bulk, K S , and shear, G, moduli are 116.5 (0.9) and 72.8(0.4) GPa, respectively. When comparing these results with other pyroxene data, we find systematic correlations between M2 site composition and C ij values for most, but not all, moduli. Unusual compositional dependence near end-member diopside is seen for a few moduli, and is propagated to the K S and G moduli, which should prompt a reexamination of some C ij values of end-member diopside.
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CAMET Research, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) performed specimen orientation. Steven Moser assisted in the sample preparation. Wayne Dollase (UCLA) provided valuble suggestions, including careful reviews of this manuscript, as did Baosheng Li and one other anonymous reviewer. This research was supported by NSF EAR-0073989. IGPP No. 5766.
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Isaak, D., Ohno, I. Elastic constants of chrome-diopside: application of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy to monoclinic single-crystals. Phys Chem Minerals 30, 430–439 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-003-0334-2
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