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Relation between cathodoluminescence and trace-element distribution of magmatic topaz from the Ary-Bulak massif, Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Andrea Agangi ,
Arnold Gucsik ,
Hirotsugu Nishido ,
Kiyotaka Ninagawa  and
Vadim S. Kamenetsky
Andrea Agangi*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Arnold Gucsik
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
Hirotsugu Nishido
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan
Kiyotaka Ninagawa
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan
Vadim S. Kamenetsky
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
*
E-mail: andrea.agangi@curtin.edu.au
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Abstract

In order to define the cathodoluminescence (CL) properties of magmatic topaz and its relation with trace-element composition, we studied topaz phenocrysts from the Ary-Bulak ongonite massif, Russia using a wide array of analytical techniques. Scanning electron microscopy CL panchromatic images reveal strong variations, which define micrometre-scale euhedral growth textures. Several truncations of these growth textures occur in single grains implying multiple growth and resorption events. The CL-spectra of both CLbright and -dark domains have a major peak in the near-ultraviolet centred at 393 nm. Cathodoluminescence images taken after several minutes of electron bombardment show decreasing emission intensity. Electron microprobe analyses indicate high F concentrations (average OH/(OH + F) = 0.04 calculated by difference, 100 wt.% – total from electron probe microanalyses), consistent with what has been found previously in topaz-bearing granites, and the OH stretching vibration (∼3653 cm–1) was detected in Raman spectra. Laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry traverses performed across the CL textures detected trace elements at ppm to thousands of ppm levels, including: Fe, Mn, Li, Be, B, P, Nb, Ta, W, Ti, Ga, light rare-earth elements, Th and U. Lithium, W, Nb and Ta appear to be correlated with CL intensity, suggesting a role for some of these elements in the activation of CL in topaz. In contrast, no clear correlation was found between CL intensity and F contents, despite the fact that the replacement of OH for F is known to affect the cell parameters of topaz.

Keywords

topazfluorinelithiumongonitecathodoluminescenceRamanrare metals
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 80 , Issue 5 , August 2016 , pp. 881 - 899
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2016

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