title: Synthesis of trace element bearing single crystals of Chlor-Apatite (Ca5(PO4)3Cl) using the flux growth method.
abstract: We present a new strategy on how to synthesize trace-element bearing (REE, Sr) chlorapatites Ca5(PO4)3Cl using the flux growth method. Synthetic apatites were up to several mm long, light blue in colour. The apatites were characterized using XRD, electron microprobe and laser ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICPMS) techniques and contained several hundred μg/g La, Ce, Pr, Sm, Gd and Lu and about 1700 μg/g Sr. The analyses indicate that apatites were homogenous (within the uncertainties) for major and trace elements.
authors.affiliation: Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Institut für Mineralogie, Corrensstrasse 24, Münster, 48149, Germany. stephan.klemme@uni-muenster.de.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klemme
authors.forename: Timm
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wessels
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kusebauch
authors.forename: Jasper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berndt
authors.forename: Arno
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
authors.forename: Peter
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authors.lastname: Schmid-Beurmann