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Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

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Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section A: Sedimentary Petrology and Processes
Vol. 65A (1995)No. 1. (January), Pages 208-213

Cathodoluminescence at Low Fe and Mn Concentrations: A Sims Study of Zones in Natural Calcites

Martine M. Savard (1), Jan Veizer (2), Richard Hinton (3)

ABSTRACT

Point analyses of natural calcite cements by SIMS confirm the earlier suggestions that ^approx 20 ppm Mn is required to activate luminescence, whereas Fe concentrations in excess of ^approx 1400 ppm quench it partly, independently of the Mn content. Below this Fe threshold, luminescence is bright at Mn concentrations in excess of ^approx 225 ppm. In the range 20-225 Mn, all types of luminescence--dull, luminescent, and nonluminescent--can occur. This undifferentiated domain is evident also from a compilation of literature data. The type of luminescence is not a simple function of Fe and Mn concentrations; other parameters influence CL. Sinc most diagenetic calcite cements have Fe and Mn concentrations that place them within the field of mixed cathodoluminescence, these results force reassessment of models that equate the type of luminescence with the redox state of the diagenetic environment.

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