Tetragonal phase of Mg3Al2Si3O12 (TAPP-phase)
Mineral name: jeffbenite
Discovery: Sao Liuz, Brazil (diamond inclusion) (named after Jeffrey W. Harris and Ben Harte)
References
- Harris J., Hutchison M. T., Hursthouse M., Light M., and Harte B. 1997. Nature 387:486–488. (Discovery)
- Finger L. W. and Conrad P. G. 2000. American Mineralogist 85:1804–1807.（Reevaluation of crystal structure)
- Gasparik T. and Hutchison M. T. 2000. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 181:103–114. (Hypothetical stability field of TAPP phase is proposed.)
- Brenker F. E., Stachel, T., and Harris J. W. 2002. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 198 1–9. (TEM study)
- Armstrong L. S. and Walter M. J. 2012. European Journal of Mineralogy 24:587–597. (First synthesis of TAPP phase)
- Nestola F., Burnham A., Peruzzo L., Tauro L., Alvaro M., Walter M. J., Gunter M., Anzolini C., and Kohn S. C. 2016. Mineralogical Magazine 80:1219–1232. (Described as a new mineral species)
Tetragonal garnet-type Fe3Al2Si3O12
Mineral name: unnamed
Discovery: Shergotty meteorite (shergottite)
References
- Ma C. and Tschauner O. 2016. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51:6124.pdf. (Discovery)