Lath Structured Monazite from Haughton Dome, Canada Reveals Shock-Induced Tetragonal High Pressure Polymorph of REEPO4

Abstract: Shock deformed monazite, mono-clinic rare earth element (REE) phosphate, from the Haughton Dome impact structure, Nunavut, Canada, contain lath-structured lamellae. Microstructural phase heritage indicate the former presence of a previously unreported, shock-produced, tetragonal-structured, high pressure polymorph of REEPO4. This study presents an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study of shock deformed monazite from the historic sample DIG-9,…