Omphacite’s Hidden Clues: A Step Forward in Raman Geobarometry Omphacite, a mineral commonly trapped inside garnet, could be a powerful tool for Raman elastic geobarometry—a technique that helps scientists determine the pressures ancient...
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Cracking Quartz: What this Phase Transition Means for Seismic Studies Quartz isn’t just one of the most common mineral—it plays a crucial role in shaping the Earth’s crust. At high temperatures and pressures, quartz undergoes a phase...
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Unlocking Diamond Secrets: How Inclusions Reveal Earth’s Deep History Diamonds do more than sparkle—they hold tiny inclusions that act as time capsules, revealing conditions deep within the Earth. But to unlock their secrets, scientists...
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Why Don’t Iron Meteorites Have Diamonds? A Cosmic Mystery Meteorites can tell us incredible stories about the history of our solar system, and some even contain diamonds! But while diamonds in ureilite meteorites formed under extreme...
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Unlocking Omphacite’s Potential for Raman Geothermobarometry Omphacite, a complex silicate mineral found in diverse geological environments, holds promise for elastic Raman geothermobarometry—a technique used to determine the pressure and...
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New chapter for host-inclusion systems studies We finally started a new chapter on mineral host-inclusion studies by investigating processes that go beyond simple elasticity. The study of mineral rheology, how rocks and minerals deform under...
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Open questions on carbonaceous matter in meteorites Every year several tons of extraterrestrial material reach Earth’s surface but only a fraction of it ends up in the hands of geoscientists. In their recently published comment, Oliver...
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First evaluation of stiff-in-soft host–inclusion systems We all have been habit to work and think about inclusions being preserved by their very stiff host. But have you ever wondered what would happen when a stiff inclusion has been entrapped...
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Inclusion deformation triggers fractures in the host In her recent paper Marta Morana and co-authors stumbled on the least expected behavior for quartz inclusions trapped in garnet while exploring their behavior at high temperature conditions...
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How does recorded temperature changes upon impact shock? Anna Barbaro and co-authors estimated temperature by a graphite-thermometer based on micro-raman spectroscopy data, on 5 ureilitic fragments (FRO 95028, FRO 01089, FRO 97013, FRO 01088 and...
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Are you working with mixed-phase inclusions? Ross J. Angel and co-authors finally provide the recipes to work out the elastic response of mixed-phase inclusions. Their study published in the European Journal of Mineralogy presents the theory of...
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First high-pressure laboratory experiment on host-inclusion systems In his new manuscript Nicola Campomenosi describes the results of the first laboratory experiments where quartz in garnet host-inclusion systems have investigated under high...
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