1．鉱物の微細組織と結晶学
隕石と地球深部におけるメージャライトガーネットの秩序－無秩序転移
2018 年 60 巻 1 号 p. 2-8
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2018 年 60 巻 1 号 p. 2-8
Microstructures and symmetries of synthetic and natural（Mg, Fe）SiO3 garnet（majorite）have been investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Modulated and twin structures commonly observed in the synthetic majorite suggest a cubic-tetragonal phase transition due to cation ordering in its octahedral sites during quenching. Natural tetragonal majorite, which was newly discovered in a shock meteorite, has less-ordered octahedral cations than those in the synthetic samples. The order-disorder state of majorite provides important constraints not only on shock metamorphism of meteorites, but also on the deep Earth's mineralogy.
