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Geologic Application of Cathodoluminescence of Silicates

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Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences

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Cathodoluminescence from silicates has been known since the end of last century and early in this century, when Crookes (1879) and Goldstein (1907) observed that certain minerals, like zircon and quartz, emit light during bombardment with cathode-rays in evacuated glass tubes. Since then, a large number of silicates have been found to emit visible light during electron bombardment (Marshall 1988).

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  1. Centre Scientifique d’Orsay, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Paris XI, UMR 8616 Orsayterre Bat 504, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    Maurice Pagel

  2. Centre de Recherches Agronomiques, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 2, esplanade Roland Garros, 51100, Reims, France

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Ramseyer, K., Mullis, J. (2000). Geologic Application of Cathodoluminescence of Silicates. 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_7

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