Ringwoodite

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  1. 1
    A cubic form of olivine produced under very high pressure, (Mg, Fe²⁺)₂SiO₄.

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"In a report, published in the magazine Nature, a group of scientists say that X-ray and spectroscopic analysis of a small diamond found in magma from a Brazilian volcano showed a 40 micrometer speck of a mineral called ringwoodite."

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