Whole Rock Analysis by Lithium Borate Fusion

Lithogeochemistry
n Whole Rock Major and Minor Elements by n Trace Elements by ICP-MS
ICP-ES DETECTION UPPER
Lithium borate fusion, a highly aggressive digestion, is effective CODE ELEMENT LIMIT LIMIT CAD
for even the most refractory and resistive mineral phases. When LF100 Refractory and Rare Earth elements only $29.40
coupled with ICP-ES/MS or XRF analysis, the methods provide Ba 1 ppm 50,000 ppm
excellent determination of the total element content. Be 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Ce 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
DETECTION UPPER
CODE ELEMENT LIMIT LIMIT CAD Co 0.2 ppm 10,000 ppm
Cs* 0.1 ppm 1,000 ppm
LF300 Standard suite of major oxides $28.16
Dy 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
SiO2 0.01 % 100 %
Er 0.03 ppm 10,000 ppm
Al2O3 0.01 % 100 %
Eu 0.02 ppm 10,000 ppm
Cr2O3 0.002 % 100 %
Ga 0.5 ppm 10,000 ppm
Fe2O3 0.04 % 100 %
Gd 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
K 2O 0.01 % 100 %
Hf 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
MgO 0.01 % 100 %
Ho 0.02 ppm 10,000 ppm
MnO 0.01 % 100 %
La 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
Na2O 0.01 % 100 %
Lu 0.01 ppm 10,000 ppm
P2O5 0.01 % 100 %
Nb* 0.1 ppm 1,000 ppm
TiO2 0.01 % 100 %
Nd 0.3 ppm 10,000 ppm
Ba 5 ppm 5 %
Pr 0.02 ppm 10,000 ppm
Nb 5 ppm 1,000 ppm
Rb* 0.1 ppm 1,000 ppm
Ni 20 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sm 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sc 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sn 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sr 2 ppm 50,000 ppm
Sr 0.5 ppm 50,000 ppm
Y 3 ppm 50,000 ppm
Ta* 0.1 ppm 1,000 ppm
Zr 5 ppm 50,000 ppm
Tb 0.01 ppm 10,000 ppm
LOI 0.1 % 100 %
Th 0.2 ppm 10,000 ppm
Sum 0.01 % 100 %
Tm 0.01 ppm 10,000 ppm
LF300-X Any 1 element $20.00
U 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
LF300-EXT Extended package $36.96
V 8 ppm 10,000 ppm
Ce 30 ppm 50 000 ppm
W 0.5 ppm 10,000 ppm
Co 20 ppm 10 000 ppm
Y 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
Cu 5 ppm 10 000 ppm
Zn 5 ppm 10 000 ppm Yb 0.05 ppm 10,000 ppm
Zr 0.1 ppm 50,000 ppm
LF100-X $20.00
n Whole Rock Major and Minor Elements Lithium borate fusion ICP-MS, any 1 element

Trace elements ICP-MS, 45 elements

with C & S LF100-EXT
Package including (LF100 + AQ200)
$40.15

DETECTION UPPER Ag 0.1 ppm 100 ppm

CODE ELEMENT LIMIT LIMIT CAD As 0.5 ppm 10,000 ppm
Major oxides ICP-ES, 20 elements Au 0.5 ppb 100,000 ppb
LF302 $33.00
Package including LF300 + TC003 (C & S) Bi 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
Cd 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
Major oxides ICP-ES,
LF302-EXT Package including LF300-EXT + TC003 $41.96 Cu 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
(C & S) Hg 0.01 ppm 50 ppm
Mo 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
Ni 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
n Total Whole Rock Characterization Pb 0.1 ppm 10,000 ppm
These packages include several methods that have been Sb 0.1 ppm 2,000 ppm
specifically selected to optimize the recovery of virtually all Se 0.5 ppm 100 ppm
elements present in a geological sample. Tl 0.1 ppm 1,000 ppm
DETECTION UPPER Zn 1 ppm 10,000 ppm
CODE ELEMENT LIMIT LIMIT CAD
* For higher upper limits on Ta, Nb, Cs, Rb - Request REEPKG
Package including Results for Co, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn may not be quantitative by this method.
LF200 $52.85
[(LF100 + LF302-EXT + TC003 (C & S)]
Package including
LF202 $64.35
(LF100-EXT + LF302-EXT)
Package including
LF600 $73.00
(LF100-EXT + XF700 + TC003)
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Requires at least 5 g per sample weight.