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Systematic Cathodoluminescence Spectral Analysis of Synthetic Doped Minerals: Anhydrite, Apatite, Calcite, Fluorite, Scheelite and Zircon

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Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences

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As the geochemical behavior of the rare earth elements (REE) is of increasing interest in geology (see the reviews edited by Lipin and McKay 1989 and Jones et al. 1996), the main REE minerals in most igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are now being studied in detail. REE are major or trace constituents in many minerals (Burt 1989). Besides the specific REE mineral assemblages which occur in alkaline, peralkaline and carbonatitic rocks (Vlassov 1966; Burt 1989; Mariano 1989; Larsen 1996; Taylor and Pollard 1996; Wall and Mariano 1996; Khomyakov 1996), more common accessory minerals such as zircon, apatite, anhydrite, carbonates and fluorites are also REE carriers and play an important role in petrologic processes. The major application of the REE studies is the melt mineral partition coefficient, used to model igneous petrogenetic processes. This will depend on the compatibility of the REE in major minerals occurring in late differentiated stages such as apatite and zircon (McKay 1989). Most of the REE are well known to be luminescence activators (Pringsheim 1949; Levrenz 1950; Monod-Herzen 1966; Diecke 1968; Marfunin 1979; Marshall 1988, Waychunas 1988). In order to interpret the cathodoluminescence (CL) emissions of natural REE bearing minerals, it is essential to compare their CL spectra to those of synthetic minerals.

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Blanc, P., Baumer, A., Cesbron, F., Ohnenstetter, D., Panczer, G., Rémond, G. (2000). Systematic Cathodoluminescence Spectral Analysis of Synthetic Doped Minerals: Anhydrite, Apatite, Calcite, Fluorite, Scheelite and Zircon. In: Pagel, M., Barbin, V., Blanc, P., Ohnenstetter, D. (eds) Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04086-7_5

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