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Title: Structure–Composition Relationships for Mg–Ni and Mg–Fe Olivine

Journal Article · · ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Yakima Valley College, WA (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
  4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
  5. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Olivine is a dynamic and important mineral in the crust and mantle with relevance to processes important to climate change technology, such as geologic carbon storage and critical mineral recovery. In this work, we critically evaluated and compiled a new database of olivine diffraction data, lattice parameters, and composition to enable rapid Ni-Mg-Fe olivine composition determination. A compilation of olivine X-ray diffraction data and chemical compositions from both the literature and the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) powder database was assembled to plot both the forsterite-fayalite and forsterite-liebenbergite solid solution lines. Here we present an expanded dataset to delineate equations and relationships used for quantifying the correlations between olivine lattice parameters and chemical compositions in Mg2SiO4-Fe2SiO4 (forsterite-fayalite) and Mg2SiO4-Ni2SiO4 (forsterite-liebenbergite) olivine solid solution series.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
2483646
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA--194602
Journal Information:
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Journal Name: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 8; ISSN 2472-3452
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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