High precision Cl, Br and I determination in mineral standards using the noble gas method
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2012
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Kendrick, Mark
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Few techniques are available for analysis of the heavy halogens (Br and I) and characterisation of mineral standards for inter-laboratory comparison is desirable. This study illustrates the noble gas method for precise halogen measurement in neutron-activated samples by laser characterisation of four scapolite gems. The scapolites have Cl concentrations of 3.1-4.1wt.% and a range of Br/Cl and I/Cl ratios that are typical of crustal fluids. Each of the scapolites exhibits some heterogeneity which limits reproducibility to levels beneath the analytical precision of ~2% (2σ). However, the most uniform scapolite, sample SY, has Br/Cl of 11.2×10-3±4.5% and I/Cl of 9.3×10-6±10% (molar ratios, 2σ uncertainties), and all the scapolites have sufficiently reproducible compositions to be useful Cl, Br, I standards. Biotite and hornblende40Ar-39Ar flux monitors (GA1550 and Hb3Gr) and the Durango fluorapatite were also investigated. These minerals are not suitable as halogen standards for the noble gas method, but help further illustrate the technique, and their analyses represent the first Br and I abundance data reported for biotite and amphibole.
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Keywords: CL-concentrations; Cl-correction; Fluorapatites; Halogen; High precision; Interlaboratory comparison; Molar ratio; Neutron-activated samples; Noble gas; Reproducibilities; Argon; Bromine; Chlorine; Lasers; Mica; Minerals; Standards; Iodine; amphibole; arg 40Ar- 39Ar; Cl-correction; Halogen; Laser; Standards
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