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Growth related zonations in authigenic and hydrothermal quartz characterized by SIMS-, EPMA-, SEM-CL- and SEM-CC-imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

K. Lehmann ,
A. Berger ,
T. Götte ,
K. Ramseyer  and
M. Wiedenbeck
K. Lehmann*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
A. Berger
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
T. Götte
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
K. Ramseyer
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
M. Wiedenbeck
Affiliation:
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg C161, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
*
* E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Authigenic quartz overgrowths and hydrothermal quartz crystals from locations in Oman and Switzerland have been investigated with SIMS, EPMA, SEM-CL and SEM-CC. All techniques reveal similar zonation patterns with SEM-CL having the best resolution followed by SEM-CC, EPMA and finally SIMS. The observed zonations reflect chemical and/or physical changes during growth in the precipitation environment or disequilibrium precipitation at the crystal surface (i.e. sectoral and intrasectoral zonation). Based on the total Al content, two types of authigenic quartz are distinguishable. When the Al concentration is <500 μg g–1 the predominant CL emission is at ~630 nm; in such quartzes, SEM-CL and SEM-CC are directly correlated, and signal intensities drop as a function of increasing Al concentration. In contrast, authigenic quartz with Al concentrations between 500 μg g–1 and 1000 μg g–1 has CL emission maxima at both ~630 nm and ~380—400 nm, at which point the panchromatic SEM-CL and SEM-CC intensities become decoupled.

Keywords

quartzauthigenichydrothermaltrace elementsSIMSelectron microprobecathodoluminescencecharge contrast
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 73 , Issue 4 , August 2009 , pp. 633 - 643
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2009

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Footnotes

†

present address: Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Kabenhavn, Denmark.

‡

present address: Institute of Geology, Mineralogy und Geophysics, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Universitats- strasse 150, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.

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