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Diamond formation in the deep lower mantle: a high-pressure reaction of MgCO₃ and SiO₂.

ABSTRACT: Diamond is an evidence for carbon existing in the deep Earth. Some diamonds are considered to have originated at various depth ranges from the mantle transition zone to the lower mantle. These diamonds are expected to carry significant information about the deep Earth. Here, we determined the phase relations in the MgCO₃-SiO₂ system up to 152 GPa and 3,100 K using a double sided laser-heated diamond anvil cell combined with in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction. MgCO₃ transforms from magnesite to the high-pressure polymorph of MgCO₃, phase II, above 80 GPa. A reaction between MgCO₃ phase II and SiO₂ (CaCl₂-type SiO₂ or seifertite) to form diamond and MgSiO₃ (bridgmanite or post-perovsktite) was identified in the deep lower mantle conditions. These observations suggested that the reaction of the MgCO₃ phase II with SiO₂ causes formation of super-deep diamond in cold slabs descending into the deep lower mantle.

SUBMITTER: Maeda F

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