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GARNET ANVIL CELL (GAC)
FOR HYDROTHERMAL STUDIES TO 6.0 GPA AND 1200 $\hbox{ $^\circ$}$ C

MICHAEL R. RIEDEL

Universität Potsdam, Telegrafenberg C7, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany

SERGEJ G. BUGA

Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troizk, Russia

ANDY H. SHEN

Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

We have set up a high pressure cell with transparent garnet anvils for the study of hydrothermal mineral reactions and the deformation of rocks/minerals under visual observation in the pressure range up to 6.0 GPa and to temperatures of 1200 $\hbox{$^\circ$ }$ C. Its main advantages are the higher temperature that can be achieved under nearly isothermal conditions and the much easier handling of garnet anvils in comparism with a diamond anvil cell. The new cell has been used for optical microscope observations and for deformation experiments in a special shear cell with one rotable anvil.

Michael Riedel
1999-01-27

GARNET ANVIL CELL (GAC) FOR HYDROTHERMAL STUDIES TO 6.0 GPA AND 1200 C

GARNET ANVIL CELL (GAC)
FOR HYDROTHERMAL STUDIES TO 6.0 GPA AND 1200 $\hbox{ $^\circ$}$ C