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Single crystals of Zn-doped enstatite (MgZn)SiO have been synthesized by slow-cooling flux method using two different fluxes. The starting mixtures were first held at a temperature between 1350 and 950 °C and then slowly cooled to the final temperature (600-750 °C) at four different rates. The grown crystals were characterized by binocular microscope, X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectrometry. When LiCO, MoO and VO were used as flux, Zn-doped enstatite crystals up to 3.5 mm in length grew successfully. They were transparent in color and showed the typical prismatic form. Chemical analyses on several Zn-doped enstatite crystals showed that the amount of Zn indicated as ZnO wt% ranges from 3.37 to 10.49 wt%. Further characterization by cathodoluminescence and by µ-Raman spectroscopy allowed us to study the effect of zinc dopant on the chemical/physical characteristics of the doped enstatite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]