Stishovite: Synthesis by Shock Wave
- 8 January 1965
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 147 (3654), 144-145
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.147.3654.144
Abstract
Small amounts of stishovite were separated from specimens of explosively shocked sandstones, novaculite, and single-crystal quartz. Estimated peak pressures for the syntheses ranged from 150 to 280 kilobars, and shock temperatures were from 150 degrees to 900 degrees C. No coesite was detected in any sample. It is suggested that quartz can invert during shock to a short-range-order phase, with sixfold coordination. A small portion of this phase may develop the long-range order of stishovite, and, during the more protracted decrease of the pressure pulse through the stability field of coesite accompanying meteorite crater formation, a portion may invert to coesite.Keywords
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