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High Pressure Transformations in Zinc Germanates and Silicates

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THIS communication reports some observations of the behaviour of some zinc silicates and germanates at high pressures. The compounds investigated were Zn2SiO4, Zn2GeO4, together with mixtures of pyroxene compositions—ZnGeO3 and ZnSiO3. The results are of a preliminary nature, and the principal objective of this communication is to record the occurrence of transformations in these compounds, and where possible to indicate the nature of these transformations.

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RINGWOOD, A., MAJOR, A. High Pressure Transformations in Zinc Germanates and Silicates. Nature 215, 1367–1368 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151367a0

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