Rhodonite SXES spectrum, 5 keV e<sup>-</sup> beam, CSIRO 2016

Rhodonite SXES spectrum, 5 keV e^- beam, CSIRO 2016

Description	SXES spectrum of Rhodonite
Reference	CSIRO SXES database by C. M. MacRae, N. C. Wilson, and A. Torpy, CSIRO Mineral Resources https://spectroscopy.csiro.au/sxes
Date measured	2016-09-27
Material	Rhodonite [ CaMn₄Si₅O₁₅ ] Rhodonite specimen from Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil. Size: 8.4 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm. © Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
Specimen	MnSiO3 Hyper1-24 [CSIRO - Microbeam Lab standard blocks] BSE image of Rhodonite [CaMn4Si5O15] in 'MnSiO3 Hyper1-24' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. © (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.
Related specimen	P-0267 Rhodonite [CSIRO - Microbeam Lab P-mounts]. Natural. From Micro-Analysis Consultants Ltd. standard reference material
Technique	Soft x-ray emission spectroscopy (SXES)
Instrument	JEOL 8530F
Probe	5 keV electron beam
Beam current	99.9 nA
Grating	50XL
Acquisition time	640 s
Channel count	2048
Energy range	46.8109 … 170.472 eV
Intensity range	45.5044 … 6939.5 counts
Integral	934568 counts

Nominal composition of Rhodonite [ CaMn₄Si₅O₁₅ ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Ca	1	4	6.26
Mn	4	16	34.3
Si	5	20	21.9
O	15	60	37.5