Test category: U-Pb dating
Test target: Zircon, titanite, cassiterite, monazite, apatite, rutile, garnet, calcite, pitchblende, xenotime, columbite-tantalite, wolframite, etc.
Test period: 5-10 work days
Requirements:
1. Mineral epoxy disc, transmission and reflected light images, CL images
2. Thin sections, thick sections, or polished sections, length ≤ 5 cm, width ≤ 3 cm, thickness ≤ 0.8 cm, analysis spot marked on the reflected light images.
3. Measurements can be done either by customer or our technicians.
Analytical methods:
1. In-situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of zircon by LA-ICP-MS(91500)
2. In-situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of zircon by LA-ICP-MS(Tanz)
3. In-situ U-Pb dating of uraninite by LA-ICP-MS
4. In-situ U-Pb dating of monazite by LA-ICP-MS
5. In-situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of titanite by LA-ICP-MS
6. In-situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of cassiterite by LA-ICP-MS
7. In-situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of xenotime by LA-ICP-MS
8. In-situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of Wolframite by LA-ICP-MS
Videos:
1. Data processing by ICPMSDataCal for in-situ Zircon U-Pb isotope dating
2. Common Pb correction for U-Pb isotope dating for uranium-bearing accessory minerals
Applied standards: