Riesite, a New High Pressure Polymorph of TiO2 from the Ries Impact Structure
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-18-2020
Publication Title
Minerals
Volume
10
Issue
1
First page number:
1
Last page number:
8
Abstract
This paper describes riesite, a new high-pressure polymorph of TiO2 from the Ries impact structure, Germany. Riesite occurs in shock-induced melt veins within xenoliths of bedrock in suevite. It is structurally closely related to srilankite from which it differs by having two distinct cation sites rather than one and through its monoclinic symmetry. It is indicative that riesite forms only upon release from the shock state upon back transformation from akaogiite.
Keywords
High-pressure mineral; High pressure; Mineral physics; Impacts
Disciplines
Mineral Physics
Language
English
Repository Citation
Tschauner,
Ma, C.,
Lanzirotti, A.,
Newville, M. G.
(2020).
Riesite, a New High Pressure Polymorph of TiO2 from the Ries Impact Structure.
Minerals, 10(1),
1-8.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min10010078