Major- and trace-element analysis of sulfide ores by laser-ablation ICP-MS, solution ICP-MS, and XRF: New data on international reference materials

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-305

  Norman, Marc ^a   Robinson, Philip ^a   Clark, Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CANMET standards; Laser ablation ICP MS; Sulfide ores; Trace elements; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; LITHOLOGY; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

WET-CHEMICAL DISSOLUTIONS;

ORES;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0038757827     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.293     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. BECKER, J.S. & DIETZE, H.-J. (1999): Determination of trace elements in geological samples by ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 365, 429-434.
2. CANMET (1972): Zn-Sn-Cu-Pb ore, MP-1: its characterization and preparation for use as a standard reference material. Canada Dep. Energy, Mines and Resources, Mines Branch, Tech. Bull. TB 155.
3. CANMET (1978): Revision of recommended values for reference ores MP-1 and KC-1. CANMET Rep. 78-2.
4. CANMET (1994): Catalogue of certified reference materials. CANMET, Publ. CCRMP 94-1E.
5. GOVINDARAJU, K. (1994): 1994 compilation of working values and sample description for 383 geostandards. Geostandards Newsletter 18, 1-158.
6. 7 and calibrated without matrix-matched standards. Mikrochim. Acta 136, 101-107.
7. KANE, J.S. SIEMS, D.F. & ARBOGAST, B.F. (1992): Geochemical exploration reference samples GXR-1 to GXR-4 and GXR-6: evaluation of homogeneity based on high precision analyses. Geostatistics Newsletter 16, 45-54.
8. LONGERICH, H.P. (2001): Some thoughts on buying a new ICP-MS. In Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences (P.J. Sylvester, ed.). Mineral. Assoc. Can., Short Course 29, 225-235.
9. LONGERICH, H.P., JACKSON, S.E. & GÜNTHER, D. (1996): Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometric transient signal data acquisition and analyte concentration calculation. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 11, 899-904.
10. NESBITT, R.W., HIRATA, T., BUTLER, I.B. & MILTON, J.A. (1997): UV laser ablation ICP-MS: some applications in the earth sciences. Geostandards Newsletter 21, 231-243.
11. NORMAN, M.D., PEARSON, N.J., SHARMA, A. & GRIFFIN, W.L. (1996): Quantitative analysis of trace elements in geological materials by laser ablation ICPMS: instrumental operating conditions and calibration values of NIST glasses. Geostandards Newsletter 20, 247-261.
12. NORRISH, K. & THOMPSON, G.M. (1990): XRS analysis of sulfides by fusion methods. X-Ray Spectrom, 19, 67-71.
13. NUTMAN, A.P. BENNETT, V.C., FRIEND, C.R.L. & NORMAN, M.D. (1999): Meta-igneous (non-gneissic) tonalites and quartz-diorites from an extensive ca. 3800 Ma terrain south of the Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland: constraints on early crust formation. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 137, 364-388.
14. 7. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 362, 477-482.
15. 7. Geostandards Newsletter 21, 245-252.
16. PERKINS, W.T., PEARCE, N.J.G. & JEFFRIES, T.E. (1993): Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: a new technique for the determination of trace and ultra-trace elements in silicates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 475-482.
17. PICKHARDT, C., BECKER, J.S. & DIETZE, H.-J. (2000): A new strategy of solution calibration in laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for multielement trace analysis of geological materials. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 368, 173-181.
18. SYLVESTER, P.J. (2001): Trace element analysis of fused whole rock glasses by laser ablation ICPMS. In Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Principles and Applications (P.J. Sylvester, ed.). Mineral. Assoc. Can., Short Course 29, 147-162.
19. VAN ACHTERBERGH, E., RYAN, C.G., JACKSON, S.E. & GRIFFIN, W.L. (2001): Data reduction software for LA-ICP-MS. In Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Principles and Applications (P.J. Sylvester, ed.). Mineral. Assoc. Can., Short Course 29, 239-243.
20. WATSON, J.S. (1996): Fast, simple method of powder pellet preparation for X-ray fluorescence analysis. X-Ray Spectrom. 25, 173-174.