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Abstract Jeffbenite (Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂) is a tetragonal phase found in so far only in superdeep diamonds, and its thermoelastic parameters are a prerequisite for determining entrapment pressures as it is regarded as a potential indicator for superdeep diamonds. In this study, the thermoelastic properties of synthetic Fe³⁺‐jeffbenite were measured up to 33.7 GPa and 750 K. High‐temperature static compression data were fitted, giving (∂K_T0/∂_T)_P = −0.0107 (4) GPa/K andα_T = 3.50 (3) × 10⁻⁵ K⁻¹. The thermoelastic properties and phase stability are applied to modeling isomekes, orP‐Tpaths intersecting possible conditions of entrapment in diamond. We calculate that under ideal exhumation, jeffbenite entrapped at mantle transition zone conditions will exhibit a high remnant pressure at 300 K (P_inc) of ∼5.0 GPa. Elastic geobarometry on future finds of jeffbenite inclusions can use the new equation of state to estimate entrapment pressures for this phase with still highly uncertain stability field in the mantle.