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Majorite
Majorite is a type of garnet mineral found in the upper mantle of the Earth. Its chemical formula is Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3. It is distinguished from other garnets in having Si in octahedral as well as tetrahedral coordination. Majorite was first described in 1970 from the Coorara Meteorite of Western Australia and has been reported from various other meteorites in which majorite is thought to result from an extraterrestrial high pressure shock event.〔(Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing )〕〔(Majorite on MinDat )〕 Mantle derived xenoliths containing majorite have been reported from potassic ultramafic magmas on Malaita Island on the Ontong Java Plateau Southwest Pacific.〔Kenneth D. Collerson, et al., ''Rocks from the Mantle Transition Zone: Majorite-Bearing Xenoliths from Malaita, Southwest Pacific'', Science 19 May 2000: Vol. 288. no. 5469, pp. 1215 - 1223 (Abstract )〕 ==Synthetic magnesium endmember majorite== Pure synthetic magnesium majorite (MgSiO3) is polymorphous with enstatite, and akimotoite. Majorite is a member of the garnet group. It has Mg in eight-coordination with oxygen; it also has both Mg and Si in octahedral (6) coordination; and Si in tetrahedral (4) coordination with oxygen. Unlike most garnets, which are cubic, pure MgSiO3 majorite is tetragonal.〔Angel, R. J. (1989) Structure and twinning of single-crystal MgSiO3 garnet synthesized at 17 GPa and 1800-degrees-C, American Mineralogist, 74, 509-512.〕
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