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Microscopic analysis of magmatic crystals - Part 2: A SEM study of the stability of accessory zircon under increasing metamorphic conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Robert Sturm
Robert Sturm*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering and Physics, University of Salzburg/Austria
*
Robert.Sturm@sbg.ac.at

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This contribution is a continuation of a previously published work in Microscopy Today that described the microscopic analysis of magmatic crystal growth by the example of accessory zircon. Zircon does not only represent a remarkable mineral phase concerning its crystallization out of the magmatic melt, but has also other interesting characteristics, one of which is the rather high physical stability of zircon allowing a determination of the mineral—even in high-grade metamorphic rocks. The changes of zircon from low- to high-grade deformation are very noticable and therefore offer an interesting operating field for electron microscopy. Since crystal microscopy and its specific fascination cannot often be found in a microscopy magazine, it is assumed that the article would awake the interest of the readers.

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Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , September 2007 , pp. 36 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2007

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