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New Mexico Tech Ores and Metals Block

metals standard BaF2 Stibnite RbTiOPO4 Mo Nb YAG Galena Wulfenite Pyrite Flourite NBS K-489 Cd Al-Co Bi Au Cu GaAs Orpiment Cinnebar Anhydrite Cassiterite Rhodonite ZnSe GaP W Au60-Ag40 Au40-Ag60 Carbon Steel Hastelloy Pt V ZnTe Sphalerite Benitoite Sodalite metals description

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Silicates

YAG
Y Al O Y2O Al2O3 Total
44.94 22.72 32.34 57.07 43.93 99.99

NBS K-489 (Si-Ba-Zn-Pb glass)
Si Ba Zn Pb Al Zr Ti Ce Ta Fe O
22.23 39.53 2.93 1.32 0.11 0.4 0.27 0.8 0.95 0.35 31.7
SiO2 BaO ZnO PbO Al2O3 ZrO2 TiO2 CeO2 Ta2O5 FeO Total
47.57 44.12 3.65 1.42 0.208 0.54 0.45 0.98 1.16 0.45 100.59

Sodalite (Ingamel)
Si Al Ti Fe Mn Mg Ca Na K S Cl O    
17.15 16.69 0.288 0.521 0.085 0.103 0.186 17.77 0.07 0.04 6.84 41.72    
SiO2 Al2O3 TiO2 FeO MnO MgO CaO Na2O K2O H2O CO2 SO3 Cl Total
36.68 31.53 0.48 0.67 0.44 0.171 0.26 23.95 0.08 0.393 0.311 0.1 6.84 101.582

Rhodonite
Si Al Fe Ca Mg P Zn S Mn O
22.22 0.0114 8.65 5.63 0.2 0.048 0.297 0.14 25.58 37.98
SiO2 Al2O3 FeO CaO MgO P2O5 ZnO SO3 MnO Total
47.53 0.021 11.14 7.88 0.33 0.11 0.37 0.35 33.03 100.76

Oxides, Sulfates, Sulfides

Oxides
cassiterite SnO2 Sn: 78.77 O: 21.23   SnO2: 100  
wulfenite PbMO4 Pb: 56.44 M: 26.13 O: 17.34 PbO2: 65.11 MO2: 34.8
Sulfates 
anhydrite CaSO4 Ca: 29.44 S: 23.55 O: 47.01    
Sulphides 
sphalerite ZnS Zn: 67.1 S: 32.9      
orpiment AS2S3 As: 60.91 S: 39.09      
cinnabar HgS Hg: 86.22 S: 13.78      
pyrite FeS2 Fe: 46.55 S: 53.45      
galena PbS Pb: 86.6 S: 13.4      
stibnite Sb2S3 Sb: 71.69 S: 28.31      

Pure Metals
Mo metal V metal Cu metal Nb Mo Cd metal W metal Pt metal Au metal Bi
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Other
ZnTe Zn: 33.88 Te: 66.12
ZnSe Zn: 45.29 Se: 54.7
GaAs Ga: 48.2 As: 51.8
GaP Ga: 69.24 P: 30.76
0.491 Co in Al Co: 0.491 Al
Au60-Cu40 alloy Au: 0.82 Cu: 0.18
Au40-Ag60 alloy Au: 0.55 Ag: 0.45
carbon steel C: 1.01 Fe: 98.99

Hastelloy (NIST SRM C2402) 
Ni Mo Cr Fe W Co Si Mn V Cu S P C
51.5 17.1 16.15 7.3 4.29 1.5 0.85 0.64 0.22 0.19 0.018 0.007 0.01

RbTiOPO4 Rb: 34.98 Ti: 19.61 P: 12.68 O: 32.73
Fluorite Ca F    

By Nelia W. Dunbar