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