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The fingerprint of imperial topaz from Ouro Preto region (Minas Gerais state, Brazil) based on cathodoluminescence properties and composition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2018

Teodoro Gauzzi ,
Leonardo Martins Graça ,
Leonardo Lagoeiro ,
Isolda de Castro Mendes  and
Gláucia Nascimento Queiroga
Teodoro Gauzzi*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
Leonardo Martins Graça
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
Leonardo Lagoeiro
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR 81531-980, Brazil
Isolda de Castro Mendes
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
Gláucia Nascimento Queiroga
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
*
*E-mail: teodoro.gauzzi@hotmail.com
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Abstract

A study of the cathodoluminescence (CL) properties of imperial topaz from Ouro Preto region (Minas Gerais state, Brazil) and its relation with trace-element composition was conducted, using scanning electron microscope cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL), optical microscope cathodoluminescence (OM-CL), cathodoluminescence-spectrometry (CL-spectrometry), electron microprobe analysis (EMPA), laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and Raman spectrometry. Each analytical technique allowed characterization of the imperial topaz fingerprint. SEM-CL panchromatic images show different crystal growth and resorption events in imperial topaz crystals. Colour CL images indicate only blue to violet emissions. The CL-spectra indicate a broad emission band with low intensity peak at ~417 nm and a broad emission band with high intensity and major peaks at 685, 698, 711 and 733 nm. The EMPA indicates high OH content, in which the OH/(OH + F) ratio ranges between 0.35–0.43 (0.72 ≤ OH ≤ 0.86 apfu). High Cu and Zn concentrations (LA-ICP-MS) were measured in the high luminescence areas of SEM-CL images, suggesting both elements as CL-activators in imperial topaz. Raman and CL-spectra indicate high Cr concentrations, corroborated by EMPA and LA-ICP-MS results. The high Cr caused strong luminescence intensities that enabled their superimposition over the OH stretching mode (~3650 cm–1) of topaz in all Raman spectra. Among trace elements, the concentrations of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga and Ge provide the fingerprint of imperial topaz.

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imperial topazOuro Pretotrace elementscathodoluminescence
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 82 , Issue 4 , August 2018 , pp. 943 - 960
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 

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Associate Editor: Martin Lee

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