Discovery and implication of P21/n crystal structure on a nano-scale in single jadeite crystals

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Apr 2002

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 197, Issue 3-4, p. 165-169.

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We present the results of high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) studies on jadeite crystals of jadeite quartzite from the Dabie ultra-high-pressure (UHP) metamorphic terrane, China. Although jadeite is known to have only C2/c crystal structure, [100], [110], [112], [010] diffraction patterns and HRTEM images reveal C2/c and P21/n structures in 500 nm microdomains of single jadeite crystals, that we recognized in all the above four orientations. The cell parameters of C2/c crystal structure correspond to those of jadeite, whereas the cell parameters of P21/n structure are equivalent to those of omphacite. The presence of the P21/n structure shows that jadeite partially changed into omphacite on a nano-scale during retrograde metamorphism and that this reaction failed to reach equilibrium. It suggests uplift of the host rock during exhumation accompanied by complex non-equilibrium retrogressive process in the jadeite, with significant implications for the derivation of P-T paths and tectonic interpretation of the Dabie UHP metamorphic terrane.

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