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Table 1 Inventory of high-pressure minerals

From: Natural and experimental high-pressure, shock-produced terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials

Year#

Mineral name

Structure

Chemistry

References

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Diamond

Diamond

C

Prior to 1960

1962

Coesite

Unique monoclinic structure

SiO2

Chao et al. (1960)

1966

Lonsdaleite

Wurtzite

C

Frondel and Marvin (1967)

1967

Stishovite

Rutile

SiO2

Chao et al. (1962)

1968

Chaoite

Carbyne

C

El Goresy and Donnay (1968)

1968

Ringwoodite

Spinel

Mg2SiO4

Binns et al. (1969)

1969

Majorite

Garnet

MgSiO3

Smith and Mason (1970)

1982

Wadsleyite

β-spinelloid

Mg2SiO4

Price et al. (1983)

1997

Akimotoite

Ilmenite

MgSiO3

Tomioka and Fujino (1999)

2000

Allabogdanite

Co2Si

(Fe,Ni)2P

Britvin et al. (2002)

2001

Tuite

Ba3(PO4)2

Ca3(PO4)2

Xie et al. (2004)

2001

Reidite

Scheelite

ZrSiO4

Glass et al. (2002)

2004

Lingunite

Hollandite

NaAlSi3O8

Liu and El Gorsey (2007)

2004

Seifertite

Scrutinyite

SiO2

El Goresy et al. (2008)

2006

Dmitryivanovite

CaGa2O4-II

CaAl2O4

Mikouchi et al. (2009)

2007

Xieite

CaTi2O4

FeCr2O4

Chen et al. (2008)

2007

Akaogiite

Baddeleyite

TiO2

El Goresy et al. (2010)

2010

Icosahedrite

Icosahedral quasicrystal

Al63Cu24Fe13

Bindi et al. (2011)

2013

Ahrensite

Spinel

Fe2SiO4

Ma et al. (2016)

2013

Tissintite

Clinopyroxene

(Ca,Na,v)AlSi2O6

Ma et al. (2015)

2013

Liebermannite

Hollandite

KAlSi3O8

Ma et al. (2018)

2014

Bridgmanite

Perovskite

MgSiO3

Tschauner et al. (2014)

2014

Jeffbenite*

Unique tetragonal structure

Mg3Al2Si3O12

Nestola et al. (2016)

2015

Decagonite

Decagonal quasicrystal

Al71Ni24Fe5

Bindi et al. (2015a)

2015

Riesite

Srilankite-like structure

TiO2

Tschauner et al. (2020b)

2015

Zagamiite

Hexagonal barium ferrite

CaAl2Si3.5O11

Ma and Tschauner (2017)

2016

Hemleyite

Ilmenite

FeSiO3

Bindi et al. (2017)

2016

Wangdaodeite

LiNbO3

FeTiO3

Xie et al. (2020)

2017

Stöfflerite

Hollandite

CaAl2Si2O8

Tschauner et al. (2021)

2017

Vestaite

Schreyerite

(Ti,Fe)Ti4O9

Pang et al. (2018)

2017

Ice-VII*

Cuprite-like structure

H2O

Tschauner et al. (2018)

2017

Chenmingite

Harmunite

FeCr2O4

Ma et al. (2019b)

2017

Feiite

Sr2Tl2O5

Fe2+2(Fe2+Ti4+)O5

Ma et al. (2021b)

2017

Liuite

GdFeO3

FeTiO3

Ma et al. (2021b)

2017

Maohokite

Harmunite

MgFe2O4

Chen et al. (2019)

2017

Tschaunerite

CaTi2O4

(Fe2+)(Fe2+Ti4+)O4

Ma et al. (2021a)

2018

Asimowite

β-spinelloid

Fe2SiO4

Bindi et al. (2019)

2018

Proxidecagonite

Decagonite approximant

Al34Ni9Fe2

Bindi et al. (2018b)

2018

Donwilhelmsite

Unique hexagonal structure

CaAl4Si2O11

Fritz et al. (2020)

2018

Poirierite

ε-spinelloid

Mg2SiO4

Tomioka et al. (2021)

2018

Breyite*

Walstromite

CaSiO3

Brenker et al. (2021)

2019

Hiroseite

Perovskite

FeSiO3

Bindi et al. (2020c)

2020

Davemaoite*

Perovskite

CaSiO3

Tschauner et al. (2020a)

2020

Elgoresyite

Unique monoclinic structure

(Mg5Si2)O9

Bindi et al. (2021)

  1. # Year for new mineral-proposal (IMA No.) to the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA)
  2. *High-pressure minerals occur only as inclusions in diamond but are not produced by shock metamorphism