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    Publication Date: 2015-11-21
    Description: Although alkali-alkali earth carbonates have not been reported from mantle-derived xenoliths, these carbonates may have a substantial role in mantle metasomatic processes through lowering melting temperatures. On the Na 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 –K 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 join only the Na-end-member eitelite ( R space group), was reported in nature. The K-end-member ( R m ) readily hydrates even at low temperatures, therefore, only baylissite, K 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 ·4H 2 O, has been observed. Because of the role of (K,Na)Mg-double carbonates in mantle metasomatism, we performed high P-T experiments on K 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 , (K 1.1 Na 0.9 ) 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 , and Na 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 . Structure refinements were done upon compression of single crystals from 0 to 9 GPa at ambient temperature employing synchrotron radiation. Fitting the compression data to the second-order Birch-Murnaghan EoS resulted in V 0 = 396.2(4), 381.2(5), and 347.1(3) Å 3 and K 0 = 57.0(10), 54.9(13), and 68.6(13) GPa for K 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 , (K 1.1 Na 0.9 ) 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 , and Na 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 , respectively. These compressibilities are lower than those of magnesite and dolomite. The KMg-double carbonate transforms into a monoclinic polymorph at 8.05 GPa; the high- P phase is 1% denser than the low- P polymorph. The NaMg-double carbonate has a phase transition at ~14 GPa, but poor recrystallization has prevented structure refinement. The parameters for a V-T EoS were collected at 25–600 °C and ambient pressure and are α 0 = 14.31(5) x 10 –5 K –1 and 16.73(11) x 10 –5 K –1 for K 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 and Na 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 , respectively. Moreover, fitting revealed an anisotropy of thermal expansion along the a - and c -axis: α 0 ( a ) = 2.84(6) x 10 –5 and 4.78(5) x 10 –5 K –1 and α 0 ( c ) = 10.47(11) x 10 –5 and 8.72(5) x 10 –5 K –1 for K 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 and Na 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 , respectively.
    Print ISSN: 0003-004X
    Electronic ISSN: 1945-3027
    Topics: Geosciences
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