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Major and trace elements in meimechites – rarely occurring volcanic rocks: developing optimal analytical strategy

View ORCID ProfileGalina V. Pashkova, Svetlana V. Panteeva, Natalia N. Ukhova, Victor M. Chubarov, Alexandr L. Finkelshtein, View ORCID ProfileAlexei V. Ivanov and View ORCID ProfileAlexey M. Asavin
Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 30 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2017-099
Galina V. Pashkova
Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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Svetlana V. Panteeva
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Natalia N. Ukhova
Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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Victor M. Chubarov
Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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Alexandr L. Finkelshtein
Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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Alexey M. Asavin
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The determination of the chemical composition of meimechites – which are unique and rarely occurring ultra-high MgO igneous rocks – can be complicated due to their porphyric structure, the presence of acid-insoluble minerals, and wide variation of major and trace element contents. In the present study the optimal analytical strategy based on a combination of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) methods was suggested for the determination of the elemental composition of meimechites. The preparation of glass beads using a lithium tetraborate and metaborate mixture proved to be suitable for the XRF determination of major oxides.

A comparative study of the sample decomposition procedures for the determination of trace elements by ICP-MS clearly showed that fusion with lithium metaborate was the most appropriate sample preparation technique for complete digestion of meimechites. The open beaker HF-HNO3-HClO4 acid digestion was insufficient because the results for Nb, Ta, V, Zr, Cr and Hf were underestimated by 20–80% compared to those determined using the fusion method due to the presence in the rock samples of acid-resistant accessory minerals. It is shown that using analytical data from acid digestion may lead to erroneous interpretation of geochemical data.

Supplementary material: Comparing the results obtained by ‘wet chemistry’ and XRF methods; ICP-MS data for meimechite samples; ICP-MS analysis of reference materials are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4226786

  • meimechites
  • ultra-high MgO rocks
  • X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
  • inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
  • fusion
  • acid digestion

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Major and trace elements in meimechites – rarely occurring volcanic rocks: developing optimal analytical strategy

Galina V. Pashkova, Svetlana V. Panteeva, Natalia N. Ukhova, Victor M. Chubarov, Alexandr L. Finkelshtein, Alexei V. Ivanov and Alexey M. Asavin
Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 30 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2017-099
Galina V. Pashkova
Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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