Discovery of bridgmanite, the most abundant mineral in Earth, in a shocked meteorite

作者：Tschauner Oliver^*; Ma Chi; Beckett John R; Prescher Clemens; Prakapenka Vitali B; Rossman George R

来源：Science, 2014, 346(6213): 1100-1102.

DOI：10.1126/science.1259369

Meteorites exposed to high pressures and temperatures during impact-induced shock often contain minerals whose occurrence and stability normally confine them to the deeper portions of Earth's mantle. One exception has been MgSiO3 in the perovskite structure, which is the most abundant solid phase in Earth. Here we report the discovery of this important phase as a mineral in the Tenham L6 chondrite and approved by the International Mineralogical Association (specimen IMA 2014-017). MgSiO3-perovskite is now called bridgmanite. The associated phase assemblage constrains peak shock conditions to similar to 24 gigapascals and 2300 kelvin. The discovery concludes a half century of efforts to find, identify, and characterize a natural specimen of this important mineral.

• 出版日期2014-11-28