Elemental analysis of Australian amorphous banded opals by laser-ablation ICP-MS

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 9, 2004, Pages 411-424

  Brown, Leslie D ^a   Ray, Abhi S ^a   Thomas, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian opal; Laser ablation ICP MS; Trace element analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LASER METHOD; OPAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 4444323932     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0028-3649/2004/2004-0411     Document Type: Article

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