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Apatite mineral separation

Subcategory: mineral separation
Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Description

Standard protocol for isolating apatite grains from crushed rock samples using density and magnetic separation techniques followed by hand picking under microscope.

Typical Equipment

  • Braun Chipmunk VD67 jaw crusher
  • Bico pulverisor
  • Humphreys Wilfely Table
  • Quincy Lab oven
  • magnetic Barrier Laboratory Separator
  • Lithium Metatungstate (LMT)
  • Leica M165 binocular microscope

Output Measurements

  • purified apatite grains

Papers Using This Protocol (3)

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Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology to Determine Exhumation Rates and the Topographical History of the Elk Mountains Ph.D

2020using
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Constraining the Timing of River Incision in the Upper Colorado Drainage Basin Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology in the Elk Mountains, Western Colorado

2017using
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Examining Spatial Patterns of Exhumation in Colorado’s Elk Mountains During the Late Miocene Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology

2017using