• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.191-198
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• 2016

Pyromorphite($Pb_{4.85}(P_{1.02}O_4)_3Cl_{1.04}$) which belongs to the apatite group was compressed up to 33.4 GPa for its equation of state at ambient temperature. High pressure experiment was performed with symmetrical diamond anvil cell employing the angle dispersive X-ray diffraction method. Pressure was determined by ruby fluorescence calibration method. No phase transition were observed and bulk modulus was determined to be 80(7) GPa when $K{_0}^{\prime}=13(2)$. Employing the normalized pressure-normalized strain analysis, reliability check of the compressible behavior was conducted.