TEM and HRTEM Study of Microstructures in Omphacite from UHP Eclogites at Shima, Dabie Mountains, China

Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) analyses have been performed on omphacite from ultra-high pressure (UHP) eclogites at the locality of Shima, Dabie Mountains, China. TEM reveals that the microstructures consist dominantly of dislocation substructures, including free dislocations, loops, tiltwalls, dislocation tangles and subboundaries. They were produced by high-temperature ductile deformation, of which the main mechanism was dislocation creep. Antiphase domain (APD) boundaries are common planar defects; an age of 470±6 Ma for UHP eclogite formation has been obtained from the equiaxial size of APDs in ordered omphacites from Shima, coincident with ages given by single-zircon U-Pb dating (471±2 Ma). HRTEM reveals C2/c and P2ln space groups in different parts of one single omphacite crystal, and no exsolution is observed in the studied samples, which is attributed to rapid cooling. It is suggested that the UHP eclogites underwent a long     

广西合浦优质白色海水珍珠表面超微结构特征研究

利用场发射高分辨率扫描电子显微镜（FESEM）、原子力显微镜（AFM）和场发射高分辨率透射电子显微镜（HRTEM）对广西合浦所产的具伴色和不具伴色的优质白色海水珍珠表面进行了系统的观察。通过对比分析珍珠在微米级至纳米级范围内微结构及超微结构特征的变化,证明了珍珠质层是天然的纳米材料,组成文石晶层的3μm文石小晶片是由10～60 nm的纳米文石小晶粒组成,珍珠伴色与其表面生长机理纹规则与否相关。     

珍珠显微结构及纳米矿物的电镜分析

采用SEM(扫描电子显微镜)和HRTEM(高分辨透射电子显微镜)技术,系统地研究了珍珠层及其微结构.发现珍珠质层是由有机质胶结的文石组成片状晶层,文石大量为六边形、不规则多边形和近圆形,并与有机质层交互平行叠置.在棱柱层的柱状晶体周围也有纤维状、胶状有机质.同时,在棱柱状和片状文石晶体的截面上,含有大量纳米级的圆形、椭圆形等形状的有机质、气液包裹体或孔洞.其中许多部位的有机基质中不同程度地显现出晶格条纹像,均为纳米矿物所致.以上结果均表明珍珠层具有有序、精细、多层次、整体性好等优良的结构特点.这一结论对于探讨珍珠的成因、机械强度及医药保健性能等方面均具有重要的意义.     

High Pressure Response of Rutile Polymorphs and Its Significance for Indicating the Subduction Depth of Continental Crust

α-PbO2-type TiO2 （TiO2-Ⅱ） is an important index mineral for ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism. After the discovery of a natural high-pressure phase of titanium oxide with α-PbO2- structure in omphacite from coesite-bearing eclogite at Shima in the Dabie Mountains, China, a nanoscale （〈2 nm） α-PbO2-type TiO2 has been identified through electron diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy in coesite-bearing jadeite quartzite at Shuanghe in the Dabie Mountains. The crystal structure is orthorhombic with lattice parameters a = 4.58×10-1 nm, b = 5.42×10-1 nm, c = 4.96×10-1 nm and space group Pbcn. The analysis results reveal that ruffle {011}R twin interface is a basic structural unit of α-PbO2-type TiO2. Nucleation of α-PbO2-type TiO2 lamellae is caused by the displacement of one half of the titanium cations within the {011}R twin slab. This displacement reduces the Ti-O-Ti distance and is favored by high pressure. The identification of α- PbO2-type TiO2 in coesite-bearing jadeite quartzite from Shuanghe, Dabie Mountains, provides a new and powerful evidence of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism at 4--7 GPa, 850℃-900℃, and implies a burial of continental crustal rocks to 130-200 kilometers depth or deeper. The α-PbO2-type TiO2 may be a useful indicator of the pressure and temperature in the diamond stability field.     

Nanometric modulation in apatite

Brazilian gem-grade apatite (B-Ap) consists of contiguous fluorine-enriched (host-Ap) domains (∼400 nm), interspersed by isolated domains (∼200 nm) of a chlorine-enriched (guest-Ap) apatite in a long period compositional modulation. Within each of these domains a third modulation differentiating Si- and S-rich nanocrystals (5–10 nm) of ellestadite (El-Ap), a monoclinic apatite variety, developed possibly during a short term high temperature event. These unexpected miscibility gaps may be useful geothermometric tools, and could prove decisive for enhancing the properties of apatites used as heterogeneous catalysts and fuel–cell electrolytes.     

Microstructure characteristics of illite from Chuanlingou Formation of Changcheng System in Jixian County,Tianjin City

The microstructure charateristics of illite from the Chuanlinggou Formation of Changcheng System (Chch) in Jixian County, Tianjin City has been studied by means of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), selected-area electron diffraction (SAED), X-ray energy dispersive spectrum (EDS) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The Kübler index of "illite crystallinity" is 0.505°△2θ, which indicates that the host rock is in a middle diagenetic stage. The chemical analyses of EDS for illite studied indicate a heavily absent in interlayer cation and an average chemical formula of K0.57(Al1.80Mg0.42Fe2 0.12)∑=2.34 (Si2.92Al1.08)∑=4O10(OH)2. It is found, from one-dimensional lattice images, that the layers of illite not only stack in a flat way but also in a curving way. A "matting fabric" illite structure results from stacking faults. Combined with SAED analysis the illite studied can be affirmed as 1M illite. The two-dimensional lattice images are obtained from [100] and [110] incidences, whose lattice images have the same d-values but different intersecting angles. The two-dimensional lattice image with [100] incidence is orthogonal to each other, whilst that with [110] incidence is oblique. This paper provides some important structure information of authigenic clay minerals for the well-known mesoproterozoic section of Jixian County.     

蚀变普通角闪石微结构研究

澳大利亚驼峰山岩体中普通角闪石的高分辨电子显微象，显示了一系列水热蚀变产生的云辉闪石系的显微结构，这些结构体在角闪石晶体沿（０１０）方向生长，无序分布，链体的宽度各不一致，最常见的链体宽度是３，４，５，６链体，更宽的链体较少见，大量观测结果表明，这些云辉闪石结构体多产生在角闪石颗粒边缘，晶体破裂面和解理面周围，不同当链结构体置换时，没有位锚或其他形式的破裂产生，非协调式置换为链结构体转换时伴随着角     

松烟和桐油烟的高分辨电镜观察

利用高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)对传统工艺生产的制墨用桐油烟和松烟的微结构进行研究发现桐油烟和松烟具有比较典型的同心取向准石墨结构。桐油烟的颗粒比较均匀，颗粒直径多分布在50nm～30nm范围内；而松烟中的颗粒主要分布在直径150nm～100nm和50nm～30nm两个范围内。在研究中首次发现松烟、桐油烟中含有螺旋状、洋葱状等多种形态的类富勒烯微结构，为燃烧成因的富勒烯物质提供了直接证据。     

湖南新化煤系石墨结构演化及其热反应行为

为了探究煤系石墨形成过程中结构演化及不同石墨化程度无烟煤和石墨的热反应行为,选取湖南新化系列变质程度无烟煤和煤系石墨为研究对象,通过X射线衍射（XRD）和高分辨率透射电子显微镜（HRTEM）对其结构进行表征,并结合程序控制升温法（TPO）分析不同变质程度无烟煤和煤系石墨的热反应行为。结果表明,随变质程度的增加,碳结构由无烟煤中的无定形态转变成石墨的三维有序C原子点阵。系列石墨化煤是由多种有序度不同的碳结构相组成,体现了其结构非均质性,碳结构相含量及分布随变质程度而逐渐变化,石墨化程度最高的煤系石墨中主要为石墨微晶集合体,但依旧含有结构缺陷。无烟煤和煤系石墨中碳结构的多相性和不均匀分布是影响其热反应行为的重要原因。      

碱性花岗岩中稀土矿物微观地质异常及其意义

四川冕西霓石碱性花岗岩中的稀土矿物主要为钙稀土氟碳酸盐矿物系列，通过选区电子衍射（SAED）和高分辨透射电子显微术（HRTEM）研究发现该系列矿物晶体结构中广泛发育复杂多样的微观地质异常现象，其主要类型有：（1）由该系列两个端员矿物氟碳铈矿结构层（B）与直氟碳钙铈矿结构层（S）以不同比例沿C轴方向有序堆垛形成的BmSn型规则混层结构；（2）无序堆垛形成的有序一无序结构晶畴；（3）由堆垛层错形成的无序混层结构，氟碳钙铈矿中不同多型体间的共格连生结构和相转变等；（4）氟碳铈矿结构中的平行于[001]方向的平移畴及一维无公度调制结构，该类调制结构可能是由于矿物中原子占位有序度的变化而形成的无序结构状态。