Diamonds are usually thought of as products of the deep Earth, crystallising under enormous static pressure far below our feet. But some diamonds form somewhere far stranger: in space! Until now, however, extraterrestrial diamonds were assumed to...
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To address the sparse and inconsistent thermal expansion data previously available for almandine and spessartine garnets, this study “Revised PVT equations of state for almandine and spessartine garnets: implications for...
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When minerals are entrapped within host minerals during high-pressure and high-temperature metamorphic processes, their residual stress state serves as an elastic geobarometer to reconstruct their initial entrapment conditions. Traditional models...
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Elastic thermobarometry using quartz inclusions in garnet (QuiG) faces reliability issues in high-temperature terranes due to tensile strain. To investigate this problem, the authors analysed QuiG results from Adirondack metapelites alongside...
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Crystal Palace is a program designed to automate the organization and analysis of refined crystal structures from parametric studies (varying pressure, temperature, or composition) using CIF files, eliminating the risks of manual data entry for...
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This study “Atomic Dynamics and Structural Transformations in Chalcedony as a Model Cryptocrystalline Multiphase System at Non-Ambient Conditions” uses in situ Raman spectroscopy and HF-DFT simulations to investigate chalcedony—a...
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Elemental carbon exhibits remarkable structural and property versatility due to its diverse bonding capabilities. While graphite—the most stable phase at ambient conditions—is an $sp^2$-bonded, layered semimetal ideal for lubricants and battery...
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