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Microstructures of the silicates: key information about mineral reactions and a link with the Earth and materials sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. Baronnet  and
E. Belluso
A. Baronnet*
Affiliation:
CRMC2-CNRS, Campus Luminy, Case 913, 13288-Marseilles, cedex 9, France
E. Belluso
Affiliation:
DSMP, Universita degli studi di Torino, Via Valberga Caluso, 37, 10125-Torino, Italy
*
*E-mail: baronnet@crmc2.univ-mrs.fr
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Abstract

From a few examples, the first part of this paper discusses the use of transmission electron microscopy in characterizing arrested silicate reaction mechanisms in coherent rocks, including nucleation, crystal growth, and resorption events. Some attention is given to the role of reaction sites and strain. The second part of the paper addresses the wealth of mutual arrangement of serpentine tubules (chrysotile sl) found recently in serpentinite cracks, the result of hydration reactions. It is suggested that their great flexibility of association as fascinating mesostructures may indicate how veins formed and how they were filled. Micro- to nano-cracks might potentially serve as markers of brittle deformation in the submicron range, and therefore might document nanostructural geology. When possible the topological and self-assembly features observed for chrysotile are compared with those reported for graphene nanotubes.

Keywords

silicate reactionsmicrostructurescrystal growthnanotube self-assemblytransmission electron microscopy
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 66 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 709 - 732
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2002

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