Synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction in situ study of fine-grained minerals in shock veins of Suizhou meteorite

The synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction technique developed for in situ study ahigh pressure and temperature has also been used to investigate microscopic mineral inclusionsin ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks and deep-mantle samples. Present study added twomore examples of successful utilization of synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction technique for insitu investigations of fine-grained (0.5―30 μm in size) minerals in very thin shock melt veins othe Suizhou meteorite: ( i ) X-ray diffraction measurement of extremely small-sized vein matrixminerals, and (ii) identification of the micron-sized new mineral tuite embedded in the vein matrixIt has been revealed that the fine-grained vein matrix consists of well crystallized garnet, kamacite and troilite, and the powder diffraction pattern consisting of 17 lines with d-values, intensities( I ), relative intensities (I/Io) and Miller indices, as well as the cell parameters for the new mineratuite has also been successfully obtained. The result of present investigations has enriched thecontent of dynamic high-pressure mineralogy and that of Earth’s mantle geochemistry.