Multianvil melting experiments in the system CaO–MgO–Al2O3– SiO2–CO2 (CMAS–CO2) at 3–8 GPa, 1340–1800 C, involving the garnet lherzolite phase assemblage in equilibrium with CO2-bearing melts, yield continuous gradations in melt composition between carbonatite, kimberlite, melilitite, komatiite, picrite, and basalt melts. The phase relations encompass a divariant surface in P–T space. Compariso...

Introduction: The petrogenesis of the low-Ti lunar ultramafic glasses is critical to the understanding of volcanic processes on the Moon. Popular petrologic models developed to explain the formation of these glasses involve high pressure melting of a variety of sources, including primordial, garnet bearing, lunar mantle and depleted lunar magma ocean (LMO) cumu-lates [1,2,3,4]. Following the hi...

The structural phase transition of gadolinium-scandium-gallium garnet (Gd(3)Sc(2)Ga(3)O(12), GSGG) has been studied at high pressure and high temperature using the synchrotron X-ray diffraction technique in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. The GSGG garnet transformed to an orthorhombic perovskite structure at approximately 24 GPa after laser heating to 1500-2000 K. The garnet-to-perovskite ph...

Here, we investigate the doping effects on the lithium ion transport behavior in garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) from the combined experimental and theoretical approach. The concentration of Li ion vacancy generated by the inclusion of aliovalent dopants such as Al(3+) plays a key role in stabilizing the cubic LLZO. However, it is found that the site preference of Al in 24d position hinders the thre...

The effect of low-powered polarized light on magnetic characteristics of ferrimagnetic garnet films has been studied at room temperatures by means of magneto-optical Faraday effect. A local magnetization of the film, occurred under the illumination, was carried out in the direction determined by orientation of polarization vector. The effect, accompanied by the domain structure reconstruction, ...

Marie and intermediate granulite xenoliths, collected from Cenozoic alkali basalts, provide samples of the lower crust in western Saudi Arabia. The xenoliths are metaigneous two-pyroxene and garnet granulites. Mineral and whole rock compositions are inconsistent with origin from Red Sea rift-reIated basalts, and are compatible with origin from island arc calc-alkatine and low-potassium tholeiit...

In this work, we investigated the effect of Rb and Ta doping on the ionic conductivity and stability of the garnet Li7+2x−y(La3−xRbx)(Zr2−yTay)O12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.375, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1) superionic conductor using first principles calculations. Our results indicate that doping does not greatly alter the topology of the migration pathway, but instead acts primarily to change the lithium concentration. The st...