Augite EDS spectrum, 15 keV e- beam, CSIRO 2015

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Measurement details

Description EDS spectrum of Augite
Reference Spectra from unpublished supplementary material for: Torpy A., Wilson N.C., MacRae C.M., Barnes S., and Verrall M. (2015), Characterising drill core mineralogy by micro-XRD mapping, AMAS XIII: the 13th Biennial Australian Microbeam Analysis Symposium: program and abstracts, Eds: Karsten Goemann, Leonid Danyushevsky and Jay Thompson, University of Tasmania, Hobart, February 2015. IBSN: 978-09580408-5-3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2477868828/view
Date measured 2015-01-30
Material Augite [ (Ca, Na)(Mg, Fe, Al, Ti)(Si, Al)2O6 ]
Analysis technique Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe 15 keV electron beam
Beam current 40.12 nA
Detector name 2× Bruker XFLASH
Real time 4274.64 s
Live time 3397.53 s
Dead time 20.5189 %
Channel count 3096
Energy range -475.251 … 14984 eV
Gain 4.99491 eV/channel
Intensity range 6.118×106 counts
Integral 3.5953×108 counts
Comment EDS spectrum from unpublished supplementary mateiral.
Measurement tags Unpublished

Specimen details

Name KH-2
Owner CSIRO
Catalog ID S-15-002
Locality Kharaelakh intrusion, Noril'sk-Talnakh region, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia
Type Rock fragment
Form Thin section
Other measurements CL

EDS

Specimen image

Clustered EPMA phase map of the KH-2 specimen (owner: S. Barnes, CSIRO Mineral Resources), from the Kharelakh intrusion, Noril'sk, Russia

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Composition

Nominal composition of Augite [ (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6 ].
Element At% Wt%
Na 0.95 0.97
Mg 8.57 9.26
Ca 8.569 15.26
Ti 0.954 2.03
Fe 1.91 4.73
Al 3.81 4.57
Si 18.09 22.58
O 57.14 40.62
Total 100 100