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Measurement of the modal composition of a granitic rock powder by point-counting, infra-red spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Summary
A rapid method for determining the mode of a four-component powder (microcline, orthoclase, plagioclase, and quartz) was sought to aid the interpretation of geochemical results. An accuracy of about ±5 % (absolute) was required. Three methods were tried : point counting proved too long as well as destroying the sample; infra-red spectroscopy was not sufficiently accurate for this particular type of rock powder; X-ray diffraction proved the most rapid and, although less accurate than point counting, was within acceptable limits and had the advantage of giving additional information about the composition of the feldspars.
- Type
- Research Article
- Information
- Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 36 , Issue 277 , March 1967 , pp. 94 - 100
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1967