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A transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffraction study of muscovite and chlorite
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2018
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Single-crystal diffraction patterns produced by transmitted radiation, both X-rays and electrons, reveal varying degrees of disorder and long-range order in common phyllosilicates from several different rock types. The transmission electron micrographs and their selected-area diffraction patterns demonstrate the presence of numerous stacking faults parallel to (001) of muscovite and chlorite. Individual stacking faults can be recognized by the diffraction-contrast fringe patterns they cause, and partial dislocations can be seen where such faults terminate inside a crystal. Long-range order of muscovite explains what seemed to be spurious, high ‘background’ levels that are sometimes encountered in the analysis of rock fabrics by transmitted X-rays.
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