Miniature diamond anvil pressure cell for single crystal x-ray diffraction studies

A new miniature gasketed diamond anvil high pressure cell has been constructed to perform optical and x-ray diffraction studies on single crystals under hydrostatic pressure. For x-ray studies the cell is mounted on a standard goniometer head which may be attached to either a standard precession camera or single crystal orienter taking advantage of counting methods. The pressure cell has been used successfully in the study of the two high pressure phases of calcium carbonate, CaCO3(II) and CaCO3(III).