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Single-crystal diffraction and Raman spectroscopy of hedenbergite up to 33 GPa

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Pyroxenes are important minerals in Earth’s upper mantle and subducting plate. Here, we report results of high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy experiments conducted on natural Ca, Fe pyroxene hedenbergite up to ~33 GPa in diamond anvil cell. Unit cell parameters a, b, c, β and V, as well as bond lengths of hedenbergite are reported within the studied pressure range. Cell parameters exhibit continuous decrease on compression. Axial compressibilities of a, b and c are calculated to be 1.7(2), 4.9(5) and 2.13(9) × 10−3 GPa−1, respectively. Bulk modulus and its pressure derivative are determined to be 131(4) GPa and 3.8(3) by fitting third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state. Compression mechanism is dominated by polyhedral and bond compression trends typical of clinopyroxenes. In general, shorter bonds show lower compressibility, and SiO4, the smallest polyhedron, shows the lowest compressibility. Angle and elongation distortions are reported for the three types of polyhedra at high pressure. Thirteen vibrational modes are observed with Raman spectroscopy up to ~33 GPa. All observed mode frequencies increase as pressure increases.

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Acknowledgments

The project was supported by the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences Geophysics Grant No. 1344942. Portions of this work were performed at GeoSoilEnviroCARS (Sector 13), Advanced Photon Source (APS), and Argonne National Laboratory. GeoSoilEnviroCARS is supported by the National Science Foundation—Earth Sciences (EAR-1128799) and Department of Energy—Geosciences (DE-FG02-94ER14466). Use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. We would also like to thank Carnegie-DOE Alliance Center for support through Academic Partner subcontract to PD and Prof. R. T. Downs at the University of Arizona for kindly providing the samples from RRUFF collections. We would like to thank the two reviewers, Diego Gatta and Jennifer Kung for helpful comments.

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  1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, POST Bldg, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

    Yi Hu

  2. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, POST Bldg, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

    Yi Hu & Przemyslaw Dera

  3. Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Bldg. 434, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA

    Kirill Zhuravlev

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Hu, Y., Dera, P. & Zhuravlev, K. Single-crystal diffraction and Raman spectroscopy of hedenbergite up to 33 GPa. Phys Chem Minerals 42, 595–608 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-015-0747-8

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