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High-pressure behaviour of germanate olivines studied by X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Germanate olivines Mg2GeO4, Ca2GeO4 and CaMgGeO4 have been studied by high-pressure X-ray Diffraction and high-pressure X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. The three compounds were compressed, in the 0–30 GPa pressure range, at room temperature in a diamond-anvil cell, silicon oil being used as the pressure transmitting medium. Values of K0 are 166 ± 15, 117 ± 15 and 152 ± 14 GPa for Mg2GeO4, Ca2GeO4 and CaMgGeO4 respectively. These olivines all exhibit compression anisotropy, the a axis being the least compressible. Crystal to crystal phase transitions have been observed in Mg2GeO4 and Ca2GeO4 above 12 GPa and 6 Gpa respectively. The nature of these structural changes remains unclear yet. The onset of amorphization has been observed in Mg2GeO4 and Ca2GeO4 at pressures above about 22 and 11 GPa respectively. These phase transitions and amorphization processes do not involve any detectable increase in the coordination number of germanium atoms. At higher pressure (P >23 GPa), we report the onset of a transition from a phase with fourfold coordinated germanium to a phase with higher germanium coordination number in CaMgGeO4.

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  1. Département des Géomatériaux IPGP, URA CNRS 734, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    P. E. Petit & F. Guyot

  2. Laboratoire Minéralogie-Cristallographie and IPGP, URA CNRS 09, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    F. Guyot

  3. Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre, ENS Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 07, Lyon Cedex, France

    G. Fiquet

  4. L.P.M.C., Université Paris 6, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Petit, P.E., Guyot, F., Fiquet, G. et al. High-pressure behaviour of germanate olivines studied by X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Phys Chem Minerals 23, 173–185 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220728

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