Abstract. For the synthesis of high pressure phases from natural minerals and the shock wave treatment of fluid bearing phases a halide based method was developed. The experiments were performed in the pressure range between 25 and 162 GPa with a success rate for the new method of 100% for the new method. Based on the Impedance Corrected Sample Recovery Capsule under avoiding the adiabatic decompression a direct comparison between different loading paths and sample holder geometries is possible. The recovered samples show neither indications of melting in the case of kaolinite and very limited degassing in the case of carbonates. The recovery of amorphous water bearing Al-Si-phases with Aluminum in four-, five-and six-fold coordination was possible. The samples were analyzed with scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, nuclear-magnetic-resonance-and infra-red-spectroscopy and the results were directly compared.
IntroductionFor geological processes, involving high-pressure (e.g. subduction) fluid phases in minerals plays a very important role. This includes for example the incorporation of water into HP-phases like wadsleyite and ringwoodite [1]. In subduction processes in recent times the possibility of the so called "core sedimentation" [2] of subducted and folded oceanic slabs at the core-mantle boundary is under discussion [3].Because these subducted slabs consists of serpentinized oceanic crust with minor components like calcite, celadonite, iron oxyhydroxides and trace pyrite [4] fluid phases (H 2 O, CO 2 ) will have large influence not only on the melting behavior of these slab. The successful synthesis of HPphases with the coexistence of CO 4 -SiO 6 -structures [5], the synthesis of phases with unexpected stoichiometries [6] and the synthesis of [C 3 O 9 ] 6− -structures [7] indicate the possibility of a number of unknown phases with tetrahedral coordinated carbon to oxygen. These new discovered phases open new possibilities for the understanding of the deep carbon cycle.On the other hand the synthesis of HP-phases with [CO 4 ] 4− -structures with shock-wave methods is very difficult because all kinds of carbonates show a degassing behavior along the