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Title: Liebermannite, KAlSi3O8, a new shock-metamorphic, high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the occurrence of liebermannite (IMA 2013–128), KAlSi3O8, a new, shock–generated, high–pressure tetragonal hollandite–type structure silicate mineral, in the Zagami basaltic shergottite meteorite. Liebermannite crystallizes in space group I4/m with Z = 2, cell dimensions of a = 9.15 ± 0.14 (1σ) Å, c = 2.74 ± 0.13 Å, and a cell volume of 229 ± 19 Å3 (for the type material), as revealed by synchrotron diffraction. In Zagami, liebermannite likely formed via solid–state transformation of primary igneous K–feldspar during an impact event that achieved pressures of ~20 GPa or more. In conclusion, the mineral name is in honor of Robert C. Liebermann, a high–pressure mineral physicist at Stony Brook University, New York, USA.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [4]
  1. California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
  3. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
OSTI Identifier:
1771003
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1405541
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0001982; SC0005278; FG02‐94ER14466; AC02‐06CH11357; AC02‐05CH11231; EAR‐0318518; EAR‐1322082; DMR‐0080065; EAR‐1128799; NNX12AJ01G; FG02-94ER14466; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 53; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1086-9379
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES

Citation Formats

Ma, Chi, Tschauner, Oliver, Beckett, John R., Rossman, George R., Prescher, Clemens, Prakapenka, Vitali B., Bechtel, Hans A., and MacDowell, Alastair. Liebermannite, KAlSi3O8, a new shock-metamorphic, high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1111/maps.13000.
Ma, Chi, Tschauner, Oliver, Beckett, John R., Rossman, George R., Prescher, Clemens, Prakapenka, Vitali B., Bechtel, Hans A., & MacDowell, Alastair. Liebermannite, KAlSi3O8, a new shock-metamorphic, high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13000
Ma, Chi, Tschauner, Oliver, Beckett, John R., Rossman, George R., Prescher, Clemens, Prakapenka, Vitali B., Bechtel, Hans A., and MacDowell, Alastair. Mon . "Liebermannite, KAlSi3O8, a new shock-metamorphic, high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13000. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1771003.
@article{osti_1771003,
title = {Liebermannite, KAlSi3O8, a new shock-metamorphic, high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite},
author = {Ma, Chi and Tschauner, Oliver and Beckett, John R. and Rossman, George R. and Prescher, Clemens and Prakapenka, Vitali B. and Bechtel, Hans A. and MacDowell, Alastair},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we discuss the occurrence of liebermannite (IMA 2013–128), KAlSi3O8, a new, shock–generated, high–pressure tetragonal hollandite–type structure silicate mineral, in the Zagami basaltic shergottite meteorite. Liebermannite crystallizes in space group I4/m with Z = 2, cell dimensions of a = 9.15 ± 0.14 (1σ) Å, c = 2.74 ± 0.13 Å, and a cell volume of 229 ± 19 Å3 (for the type material), as revealed by synchrotron diffraction. In Zagami, liebermannite likely formed via solid–state transformation of primary igneous K–feldspar during an impact event that achieved pressures of ~20 GPa or more. In conclusion, the mineral name is in honor of Robert C. Liebermann, a high–pressure mineral physicist at Stony Brook University, New York, USA.},
doi = {10.1111/maps.13000},
journal = {Meteoritics and Planetary Science},
number = 1,
volume = 53,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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