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A Study of Cathodoluminescence and Trace Element Compositional Zoning in Natural Quartz from Volcanic Rocks: Mapping Titanium Content in Quartz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

William P. Leeman ,
Colin M. MacRae ,
Nick C. Wilson ,
Aaron Torpy ,
Cin-Ty A. Lee ,
James J. Student ,
Jay B. Thomas  and
Edward P. Vicenzi
William P. Leeman*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA
Colin M. MacRae
Affiliation:
Microbeam Laboratory, CSIRO Process Science & Engineering, Clayton Laboratories, Gate 1, Normanby Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Nick C. Wilson
Affiliation:
Microbeam Laboratory, CSIRO Process Science & Engineering, Clayton Laboratories, Gate 1, Normanby Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Aaron Torpy
Affiliation:
Microbeam Laboratory, CSIRO Process Science & Engineering, Clayton Laboratories, Gate 1, Normanby Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Cin-Ty A. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA
James J. Student
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Central Michigan University, 314 Brooks Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
Jay B. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St., Troy, NY 12180, USA
Edward P. Vicenzi
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Museum Conservation Inst., 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 20746, USA
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This article concerns application of cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy to volcanic quartz and its utility in assessing variation in trace quantities of Ti within individual crystals. CL spectroscopy provides useful details of intragrain compositional variability and structure but generally limited quantitative information on element abundances. Microbeam analysis can provide such information but is time-consuming and costly, particularly if large numbers of analyses are required. To maximize advantages of both approaches, natural and synthetic quartz crystals were studied using high-resolution hyperspectral CL imaging (1.2–5.0 eV range) combined with analysis via laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS). Spectral intensities can be deconvolved into three principal contributions (1.93, 2.19, and 2.72 eV), for which intensity of the latter peak was found to correlate directly with Ti concentration. Quantitative maps of Ti variation can be produced by calibration of the CL spectral data against relatively few analytical points. Such maps provide useful information concerning intragrain zoning or heterogeneity of Ti contents with the sensitivity of LA-ICPMS analysis and spatial resolution of electron microprobe analysis.

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cathodoluminescenceLA-ICPMStitaniumquartz
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Special Section: Cathodoluminescence
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 1322 - 1341
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2012

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