In situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments of a calcium ferrite-type aluminous phase that is a sodium host mineral of subducted oceanic crusts into the Earths lower mantle have been carried out using a laser-heated diamond anvil cell (LHDAC), up to a pressure of 70GPa with synchrotron radiation source at the Photon Factory (PF) in Japan. The sample was heated using a Nd:YAG laser at each pressure increment to relax the deviatoric stress in the sample. XRD measurements were carried out at 300K using an angle-dispersive technique. The pressure was determined from an internal platinum pressure calibrant. A Birch–Murnaghan equation of state (EOS) was determined from the experimental unit cell parameters: volume V0