Optical absorption, iuminescence, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of crystalline to metamict zircon: Evidence for formation of uranyl, manganese, and other optically active centers

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 335-347

  Kempe, Ulf ^a   Thomas, Sylvia Monique ^a,c,g   Geipel, Gerhard ^b   Thomas, Rainer ^c   Plötze, Michael ^d   Böttcher, Rolf ^e   Grambole, Genia ^b   Hoentsch, Joachim ^e   Trinkler, Michael ^f  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f Alpha Geoservice GbR   (Germany)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coloration; EPR; Luminescence; Metamict; Raman; Uranium; Uranyl; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COLOR CENTERS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RARE EARTHS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCON;

CHARGE TRANSFER BANDS; COLORATION; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; METAMICT; RAMAN; URANYL;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

TETRA;

EID: 77950240801     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3248     Document Type: Article

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