My research focuses on crystal structures and elastic properties of silicate and oxide minerals of the deep mantle. Initially, I did this by theoretical calculation and prediction of hydration sites, ...

Micrograph showing sheaves of parallel platy olivine crystals making so called "spinifex texture," from a komatiite flow at Wildara, Western Australia. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Mushroom-shaped crystal growth pattern in Chang'e-5 lunar samples Photo: Courtesy of Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, ...

This is a backscatter electron image of a lunar melt inclusion from Apollo 17 sample 74220, enclosed within an olivine crystal. The inclusion is 30 μm in diameter. Skeletal crystals within the ...