Laboratoire "Inclusions"

The laboratory ‘Inclusions’ is dedicated to the study of melt droplets entrapped in crystals and are preserved as glass upon rapid cooling in explosive volcanic products. These melt inclusions allow us to determine the P-T conditions of crystallization, to assess the depths of ponding and to track the geochemistry of the magma and of its associated gas phase from earth’s mantle to surface.

• Banc de micro-thermométrie Optique

  

Optical thermometry (@IPGP)

Un microscope Leitz à Platine chauffante et réfrigérante (domaine thermique variant de -180 °C à +600 °C) permet l'analyse des inclusions vitreuses  présentes dans les minéraux.

Olivine-hosted melt inclusion (@IPGP)

Apatite-hosted melt inclusion (@IPGP)

Olivine-hosted melt inclusion in basaltic scoriae emplaced during the 2007 eruption at Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island)

• Loupe binoculaire
• Microscope optique relié à une camera ....