Abstract
High-pressure silicates and oxides have been found in nature as mineral inclusions in diamonds derived from the Earth’s mantle and as minerals in shocked meteorites and impacted terrestrial rocks. These natural high-pressure minerals are discussed in this chapter. High-pressure and high-temperature phase relations determined experimentally and by thermodynamic calculation can be used to evaluate pressure and temperature environments where the mantle-derived high-pressure minerals were formed. The determined phase relations can also be used for constraining the P and T conditions that the shocked minerals experienced during the shock event for the analysis of the impact processes.
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Akaogi, M. (2022). High-Pressure Minerals from the Earth’s Mantle and in Shocked Meteorites. In: High-Pressure Silicates and Oxides. Advances in Geological Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6363-6_11
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