Staurolite EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Staurolite |
| 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 | Staurolite [ FeII2Al9Si4O23(OH) ] |
| 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 | 1745.72 s |
| Live time | 1088.33 s |
| Dead time | 37.6572 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 8.445×106 counts |
| Integral | 3.7728×108 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 | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|
| Ca | 0.006658 | 0.012 |
| Mg | 1.02 | 1.12 |
| Ti | 0.172 | 0.37 |
| Cr | 0.00727 | 0.017 |
| Mn | 0.0526 | 0.13 |
| Fe | 4.1 | 10.3 |
| Al | 23.5 | 28.5 |
| Si | 10.1 | 12.8 |
| O | 61 | 43.9 |
| Total | 100 | 97.15 |