Quartz (trigonal, low-temperature α-quartz) is the most important polymorph of the silica
(SiO2) group and one of the purest minerals in the Earth crust. The mineralogy and mineral …

Investigations of natural and synthetic quartz specimens by cathodoluminescence (CL)
microscopy and spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and trace-element …

Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust and the most important silica
mineral, occurring in large amounts in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The …

A wide variety of processes induces different kinds of luminescence, which is an emission of
photons mainly in the visible domain (Marfunin 1979; Machel et al. 1991) …

Summary¶ Significant progress has been made in cathodoluminescence (CL) studies in the
last three decades due to the application of enhanced methods such as high-resolution …

When viewed with scanning electron microscope-cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL),
hydrothermal vein quartz displays textures that are unobservable using other techniques …

Southern India lies at a junction in the Gondwana-forming orogenic belts, between the East
African Orogen and the Kuunga Orogen. It contains voluminous high-grade …

Textures of hydrothermal quartz revealed by cathodoluminescence using a scanning
electron microscope (SEM-CL) reflect the physical and chemical environment of quartz …

Laser-ablation ICP-MS data of hydrothermal vein quartz with zonation in scanning electron
microscope cathodoluminescence reveal two groups of trace elements, one that co-varies in …

Cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy in an SEM has been used to investigate the point
defect structure of clear natural α-quartz at 295 K. Cathodoluminescence processes and …