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Fe-dolomite

Ca0.988Mg0.918Fe0.078Mn0.016(CO3)2

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2011

V₀
321.77
ų
Unit cell
K₀
94.100
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
321.77 ų Unit cell

Reported value and unit are preserved as extracted. Z (formula units per cell) is not stored yet, so molar ↔ ų/f.u. conversion is not applied automatically.

Composition

OxideMolar
MgO0.918
FeO0.078
CaO0.988
MnO0.016
CO22

Formula: Ca0.988Mg0.918Fe0.078Mn0.016(C2O6)

Conditions & method

Tref
300 K
Pref
Structure
other / unspecified
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
synchrotron X-ray diffraction in laser-heated diamond anvil cell
Sample
natural Fe-dolomite from Windham, Vermont (mixed with 5 wt.% Pt)

Source

Paper
Dolomite III: A new candidate lower mantle carbonate
Authors
Zhu Mao; Matt M. Armentrout; Emma S. G. Rainey; C. E. Manning; Przemysław Dera; Vitali B. Prakapenka; A. Kavner
DOI
10.1029/2011gl049519
Year
2011
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

Fitting the Fe-dolomite (low pressure) pressure-volume data using the third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state (EoS) yields: K_0 = 94.1(±0.4) GPa, V_0 = 321.77(±0.06) ų with K_0' = 4 (fixed) for Fe-dolomite.

Additional notes

ambient lattice parameters
a0 = 4.8126(8) Å, c0 = 16.0413(18) Å (measured by powder XRD at ambient conditions)
note
Low-pressure trigonal dolomite phase; paper frames dolomite-III system as candidate lower mantle carbonate