Abstract
Raman spectra of magnesian phyllosilicates belonging to the serpentine, talc, and chlorite groups have been obtained at ambient conditions, and at high pressures and up to 200 °C in order to study high-pressure transformations in the 10 GPa range. The complex and distinct Raman spectra of these minerals allow straightforward identification, which may otherwise be difficult from optical microscopy. High-pressure measurements are in good agreement with DFT calculations for talc and lizardite. Pressure-induced displacive modifications are identified in lizardite and antigorite serpentines, and in chlorite at ~4, 7 and 8 GPa, respectively, while talc shows no transition up to ~11 GPa. At high temperature, the high-pressure distortions of serpentines shift to higher pressures. Given the stability limits of these minerals, and the natural range of P–T conditions, none of the high-pressure distortions observed at high pressure are likely to occur at depth in the Earth.
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This work was supported by INSU through the national Raman facility in Lyon, and “Programme National de Planétologie.” It is a contribution of the LABEX Lyon Institute of Origins (ANR-10-LABX-0066), within the program “Investissements d’Avenir” (ANR-11-IDEX-0007) at Université de Lyon. Calculations were performed at the PSMN center of ENS Lyon and on the Jade machine of CINES under computational grant stl2816. Richard Sedlock guided sample collection in Baja California. Joerg Hermann kindly provided the Saas-Zermatt chlorite, Marco Mellini the Elba lizardite, Stéphane Guillot the antigorite from Cuba, Ichiko Shimizu the Oeyama sample, Francis Albarède the talc from Isua, and Bruno Goffé the sudoite from Oman and clinochlore from Dora Maira. Mark Welch and an anonymous reviewer are thanked for thoughtful suggestions.
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Reynard, B., Bezacier, L. & Caracas, R. Serpentines, talc, chlorites, and their high-pressure phase transitions: a Raman spectroscopic study. Phys Chem Minerals 42, 641–649 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-015-0750-0
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