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Recent observations using the ‘weak beam’ electron microscopy technique of split images of dislocations in quartz have been interpreted as arising either from dissociation of the dislocations into partials1, or from a glassy (metamict) phase at the core2, resulting from irradiation damage. In this letter we describe observations of lattice images of near end-on dislocations in quartz, which enable us to distinguish between these two models.
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Cherns, D., Hutchison, J., Jenkins, M. et al. Electron irradiation induced vitrification at dislocations in quartz. Nature 287, 314–316 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/287314a0
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