Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufm.p52b0577k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #P52B-0577
Physics
3662 Meteorites, 3672 Planetary Mineralogy And Petrology (5410), 3954 X Ray, Neutron, And Electron Spectroscopy And Diffraction
Scientific paper
In this study the cathodoluminescence (electron-excited luminescence) emission spectra were measured in the range 200 to 900 nm of individual feldspathic glass grains in the SNC meteorites Shergotty 101, Shergotty 232, ALHA 84001, EETA 79001-47, EETA 79001-276, and Dar al Gani 476 and those of quenched melts of the feldspathic glass grains. The quenching experiments of the original feldspathic glasses were conducted at 1500° C and atmospheric pressure. The aim of this CL emission study was the characterization of feldspathic glasses of SNC meteorites by comparison of the diagnostic spectral features of the feldspathic glasses of SNC meteorites with those of their quenched melts. In the CL emission spectra of the studied feldspathic glasses generally broad bands in the blue (ca. 460 nm), green (ca. 560 nm), and red (ca. 700 nm) can appear. These emission bands are assigned to structural defects (Al-O--Al centers), and the structural incorporation of Mn2+ and Fe3+ , respectively. The blue emission band at about 460 nm attributed to Al-O--Al centers is observed in the spectra of the original feldspathic glasses whereas it is not present (or only in low relative intensity) in the spectra of the quenched melts. The green emission band at 550 to 575 nm assigned to electronic transitions of Mn2+ in M sites is observed in the spectra of the original feldspathic glasses. It is shifted to longer wavelengths of 590 to 605 nm in the spectra of the quenched melts. The occurrence of the red emission band at about 700 nm attributed to electronic transition of Fe3+ in the spectra of the quenched melts of the feldspathic glasses indicates the presence of structural units which allow the occupancy of Fe3+ on tetrahedral sites. The results obtained by CL emission spectroscopy confirm results of Raman spectroscopic studies that the stuctures of feldspathic glasses of the studied SNC meteorites are modified by melting and quenching at atmospheric pressure. Additionally, comparison with published work on CL emission of shocked oligoclases shows that the feldspathic glasses of the studied SNC meteorites are not diaplectic but melt glasses.
Jagoutz Emil
Kubny A.
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