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Here, we present new measurements of the phase stability and lattice compressibility of gaspéite (NiCO3) to 50 GPa. Our study is motivated by our interest in understanding high-pressure carbonate behavior. While carbonates have been extensively studied under high-pressure and -temperature conditions, they exhibit different behaviors. We have studied the high-pressure behavior of gaspéite using diamond anvil cells, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Our experimental data show that gaspéite maintains the calcite structure up to 50 GPa, reverts to its zero-pressure volume on decompression with little hysteresis, and can be fit by a 3rd-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state. We calculate a bulk modulus (K0T) of 136(4) GPa and a K′ value of 4.6(3). Additionally, we have determined the isothermal Grüneisen parameter for each of the traced Raman modes. These results contribute to growing experimental evidence that suggests some carbonates can be stable at lower mantle conditions. Ultimately, information in this dataset may facilitate predictions of mixing energetics amongst the calcite-structured carbonates, and therefore help determine the role of carbonates in the transition metal geochemistry of the deep Earth.
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This work was supported by the US NSF EAR-1522560. Portions of this work were performed at GeoSoilEnviroCARS (The University of Chicago, Sector 13), Advanced Photon Source (APS), supported by the Argonne National Laboratory. GeoSoilEnviroCARS is supported by the National Science Foundation-Earth Sciences (EAR-1634415) and Department of Energy-GeoSciences (DE-FG02-94ER14466). This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. We would like to thank Eran Greenburg for help at APS beamline 13-ID-D and Martin Kunz for help at ALS beamline 12.2.2. The Advanced Light Source is supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. We would like to thank Sergey Tkachev at the Advanced Photon Source and Andrew Doran at the Advanced Light Source for gas loading: this was supported by COMPRES under NSF Cooperative Agreement EAR-1661511. We thank Lars Stixrude for helpful discussions and two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments.
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This work was supported by the US NSF EAR-1522560. Portions of this work were performed at GeoSoilEnviroCARS (The University of Chicago, Sector 13), Advanced Photon Source (APS), supported by EAR-1634415, DE-FG02-94ER14466, and DE-AC02-06CH11357. Portions of this works were also performed at the Advanced Light Source supported by DE-AC02-05CH11231 and EAR-1661511.
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Sawchuk, K., Kamat, R., McGuire, C. et al. An X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of the high-pressure behavior of gaspéite (Ni0.73Mg0.27CO3). Phys Chem Minerals 48, 7 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-020-01133-3
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