Shock-transformation of whitlockite to merrillite and the implications for meteoritic phosphate

Authors

Christopher T. Adcock, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Oliver D. Tschauner, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Elisabeth M. Hausrath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Arya Udry, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
S. N. Luo, Southwest Jiaotong University
Y. Cai, The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences
M. Ren A.Follow
A. Lanzirotti, University of Chicago
M. Newville, University of ChicagoFollow
M. Kunz C., University of California, Berkeley
C. Lin, Carnegie Institution of Washington

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-6-2017

Publication Title

Nature Communications

Volume

8

Abstract

Meteorites represent the only samples available for study on Earth of a number of planetary bodies. The minerals within meteorites therefore hold the key to addressing numerous questions about our solar system. Of particular interest is the Ca-phosphate mineral merrillite, the anhydrous end-member of the merrillite-whitlockite solid solution series

Repository Citation

Adcock, C. T., Tschauner, O. D., Hausrath, E. M., Udry, A., Luo, S. N., Cai, Y., Ren, M., Lanzirotti, A., Newville, M., Kunz, M., Lin, C. (2017). Shock-transformation of whitlockite to merrillite and the implications for meteoritic phosphate. Nature Communications, 8
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14667