Luminescence Zoning in Minerals

Rakovan, J., and Waychunas, G. (1996) Luminescence in Minerals. Mineralogical Record, 27, 7-19. Reprint.

Photoluminescence photomicrograph of sectoral zoning in apatite, Llallagua Bolivia.

 

Calthodoluminescence photomicrograph of intrasectoral zoning in the |100| sector of apatite, Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais Brazil (left), and DIC photomicrograph of a coincident trigonal growth hillock on the (100) face of the crystal (right). For CL spectra click here.

 

Calthodoluminescence photomicrograph of intrasectoral zoning in the |100| sector of the apatite in the first image, Llallagua, Boliva (right), and DIC photomicrograph of a coincident trigonal growth hillock on the (100) face of the crystal (left).

 

Calthodoluminescence photomicrograph of intrasectoral zoning in the |001| sector of the apatite in the first image, Llallagua, Boliva (left), and DIC photomicrograph of coincident hexagonal growth hillocks on the (001) face of the crystal (right). For CL spectra click here.

 

Gypsum crystal from the Chain Lakes, Alberta, Canada (left) and the same crystal showing sectoral zoning in photoluminescence (right).

 

Calthodoluminescence photomicrograph of concentric and sectoral zoning in a thin section of fluorite, Karaoba, Kazakhstan.

 

Calthodoluminescence photomicrograph of concentric and sectoral zoning in a thin section of Calcite, Colorado.

 

Left: Apatite with jamesonite inclusions, Llallagua Bolivia. Right: photoluminescence showing sectoral zoning.

 

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