Garnet (var. Fe, Mn, Ca) EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Measurement spectrum
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Garnet |
| Reference | Torpy et al. 2020 Torpy, A., Wilson, N., MacRae, C., Pownceby, M., Biswas, P., Rahman, M., & Zaman, M. (2020). Deciphering the Complex Mineralogy of River Sand Deposits through Clustering and Quantification of Hyperspectral X-Ray Maps. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(4), 768-792 https://doi.org/10.1017/S143192762000135X |
| Date measured | 2018-05-01 |
| Material | {{mtl:Garnet|Garnet (var. Fe, Mn, Ca)}} [ (FeII, Mn, Ca)3Al2(SiO4)3 ] |
| Analysis technique | Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) |
| Instrument | JEOL 8500F |
| Probe | 20 keV electron beam |
| Beam current | 69.64 nA |
| Probe diameter | 2 μm |
| Detector name | 2× Bruker XFLASH |
| Det. technology | Silicon drift detector (SDD) |
| Real time | 57.8611 s |
| Live time | 36.331 s |
| Dead time | 37.21 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 1.471×105 counts |
| Integral | 1.2228×107 counts |
Specimen details
Specimen image
Clustered phase map of river sands (D4 shaker), from the Tista River, Bangladesh. From Torpy et al. 2020
© (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources
Composition
| Element | Atoms | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ca | 1.07 | 3.4 | 5.71 |
| Mg | 0.305 | 0.973 | 0.99 |
| Ti | 0.00782 | 0.0249 | 0.05 |
| Mn | 1 | 3.19 | 7.34 |
| Fe | 2.33 | 7.44 | 17.4 |
| Al | 3.16 | 10.1 | 11.4 |
| Si | 4.66 | 14.9 | 17.5 |
| O | 18.8 | 60 | 40.2 |