“…Behrens et al, 2006;Di Muro et al, 2006;Mercier et al, 2009). The results are promising, in particular to study tiny samples such as glassy inclusions trapped in minerals (Thomas, 2000;Chabiron et al, 2004), because (1) the spatial resolution is on the order of a few lm, and (2) the analysis is performed on the bulk sample, therefore no specific sample preparation is necessary.…”