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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Stop struggling with messy Raman baselines! 💎 Fabrizio Nestola and team have just released RamanCrystalHunter (RCH)—a free, all-in-one software designed to take the headache out of mineral identification. Whether you’re analyzing complex...
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Omphacite’s Hidden Clues: A Step Forward in Raman Geobarometry Omphacite, a mineral commonly trapped inside garnet, could be a powerful tool for Raman elastic geobarometry—a technique that helps scientists determine the pressures ancient...
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Cracking Quartz: What this Phase Transition Means for Seismic Studies Quartz isn’t just one of the most common mineral—it plays a crucial role in shaping the Earth’s crust. At high temperatures and pressures, quartz undergoes a phase...
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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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Unlocking Diamond Secrets: How Inclusions Reveal Earth’s Deep History Diamonds do more than sparkle—they hold tiny inclusions that act as time capsules, revealing conditions deep within the Earth. But to unlock their secrets, scientists...
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Why Don’t Iron Meteorites Have Diamonds? A Cosmic Mystery Meteorites can tell us incredible stories about the history of our solar system, and some even contain diamonds! But while diamonds in ureilite meteorites formed under extreme...
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Unlocking Omphacite’s Potential for Raman Geothermobarometry Omphacite, a complex silicate mineral found in diverse geological environments, holds promise for elastic Raman geothermobarometry—a technique used to determine the pressure and...
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