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Synthesis of the new compound CaFe(CO3)2 and experimental constraints on the (Ca,Fe)CO3 join

  • Paula M. Davidson
  • , Gregory H. Symmes
  • , Barbara A. Cohen
  • , Richard J. Reeder
  • , Donald H. Lindsley
  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

Synthesis of the new (disordered) compound CaFe(CO3)2 has been achieved with the use of Fe-substituted CaCO3(Cc ss) + Ca-substituted FeCO3(Sid ss) as starting materials, and high CO2 pressures. High pressure (20-30 kbar) is needed to stabilize FeCO3 to sufficiently high temperatures for disordered CaFe(CO3)2 to form. Experiments provide reversed compositions of coexisting disordered phases in the CaFe join and locate the solvus temperature for CaFe(C)3)2 between 815 and 845°C at 30 kbars. Calculated phase relations predict that the stability of ordered CaFe(CO3)2 is limited to T < ∼450°C by the breakdown to Cc ss + Sid ss. A comparison of the unit-cell volume measured for disordered CaFe(CO3)2 vs. that estimated for ordered CaFe(CO3)2 suggests that increasing pressure stabilizes the disordered phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5105-5109
Number of pages5
JournalGeochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume57
Issue number23-24
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1993

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