scholarly journals KETERKAITAN UNSUR TANAH JARANG TERHADAP MINERAL BERAT ILMENIT DAN RUTIL PERAIRAN PANTAI GUNDI, BANGKA BARAT

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor C.D. Aryanto ◽  
Joni Widodo ◽  
Purnomo Raharjo

Berdasarkan hasil analisa unsur terhadap 7 contoh sedimen permukaan dasar laut di Perairan Pantai Gundi, Bangka Barat, yang kemudian dianalisa dengan menggunakan metode Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) dapat diketahui konsentrasi kandungan unsur Niobium (Nb) dan unsur Tantalum (Ta). Selain itu dilakukan pula analisa mineral berat dengan menggunakan larutan pemisah bromoform (BJ 2,83) terhadap 15 contoh. Konsentrasi kandungan unsur jarang seperti Niobium dapat mencerminkan keberadaan mineral berat ekonomis, yaitu mineral berat yang resisten terhadap pelapukan dan mengandung unsur Titanium (Ti), seperti mineral Ilmenit (FeTiO3) dan rutil (TiO2). Juga dapat dibuktikan, di daerah selidikan bahwa keberadaan unsur Niobium dan Tantalum di alam hampir dapat dipastikan selalu berasosiasi. Di daerah selidikan asosiasi ini berupa mineral columbite-tantalite (Fe,Mn)Nb2O6-(Fe,Mn)Ta2O6 dan pyrochlore (Na, Ca, Ce…)2 Nb2O6F. Selain itu masih dengan memperhatikan asosiasi kedua unsur ini dapat diketahui pula asal batuan sumber dari sedimen-sedimen dimana mineral tersebut terakumulasi, karena asosiasi antara unsur Niobium dan Tantalum merupakan penciri untuk daerah pegmatis. Based on element analysis of 7 surface sediment samples from Gundi Waters, Western Bangka by using Inductively Coupled Plasm (ICP), the content of rare element Niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta) can be identified. On the other hand heavy mineral analysis with float-sink method using bromoform as separator liquid has been applied for 15 samples. Based on observations the concentration of Niobium (Nb) element reflects the present of heavy minerals consisted of Titanium (Ti) element, such as Ilmenit (FeTiO2) and Rutil (TiO2). It is can also be proved that in the investigated area Niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta) elements are occure in association. In the study area, this association shows as columbite-tantalite (Fe,Mn)Nb2O6-(Fe,Mn)Ta2O6 and pyrochlore (Na, Ca, Ce…)2 Nb2O6F minerals. Moreover, based on this association, it can be recognized the source rocks of the sediment where the minerals accumulate as association of these two elements are specific for pegmatic area.

1992 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Morton ◽  
J. R. Davies ◽  
R. A. Waters

AbstractA pilot study has demonstrated that heavy mineral analysis is a useful guide to the provenance of Silurian turbidites in the Southern Welsh Basin. The results confirm the sedimentological evidence for two distinct source areas of coarse clastic detritus, one lying to the south and the other to the east. They also provide mineralogical criteria by which the two source areas may be distinguished. The southern area provided material with relatively low mineral diversity, and is characteristic in having low rutile/zircon ratios, whereas the eastern source provided more diverse assemblages, generally with high rutile/zircon ratios. The southern source shows variations in terms of apatite/tourmaline ratio, with the older Aberystwyth Grits Group tending to contain relatively low apatite compared with the younger Cwmystwyth Grits Group (Rhuddnant and Pysgotwr Grits formations). There is evidence for polycyclic material and volcanic detritus in both southerly and easterly derived samples; however, easterly-sourced sandstones apparently tapped a more lithologically-diverse terrain.


Behaviour ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 154 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 809-834
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Nelson ◽  
Ben M. Nickley ◽  
Angelika Poesel ◽  
H. Lisle Gibbs ◽  
John W. Olesik

Dispersal in birds can have an important influence on the genetic structure of populations by affecting gene flow. In birds that learn their songs, dispersal can affect the ability of male birds to share songs in song dialects and may influence mate attraction. We used Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) trace element analysis on the body feathers of birds to assess dispersal among four song dialects. We found that (1) most males had a feather element profile typical of only one dialect location; (2) males singing non-local (‘foreign’) dialects in a focal population often learned their foreign songs outside the dialect; and (3) females often dispersed among dialects. We estimated 5% dispersal per year by yearling males between the site of moulting and breeding. Our estimate is consistent with genetic estimates of widespread gene flow between dialects in this subspecies of the white-crowned sparrow.


Author(s):  
Wenqing Huang ◽  
Pei Ni ◽  
Ting Shui ◽  
Junyi Pan ◽  
Mingsen Fan ◽  
...  

Abstract Primary rubies in the Ailao Shan of Yunnan Province, China, are found in three layers of marble. However, the origin and source rocks of placer rubies in the Yuanjiang area remains unclear. Trace element geochemistry and inclusion mineralogy within these materials can provide information on their petrogenesis and original source. Zircon, rutile, mica group minerals, titanite, and apatite group minerals were the main solid inclusions identified within the placer Yuanjiang rubies, along with other mineral inclusions such as pyrite, pyrrhotite, plagioclase group minerals, and scapolite group minerals. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) measurements showed that the placer rubies are characterized by average values of Mg (31 ppmw), Ti (97 ppmw), V (77 ppmw), Cr (3326 ppmw), Fe (71 ppmw), and Ga (66ppmw). A trace-element oxide diagram, Fe values (<350 ppmw), and the mineral inclusion assemblage suggest marble sources for the placer ruby. Therefore, the Yuanjiang rubies (both primary and placer) are metamorphic, and this fits well with the observations that skarn and related minerals are mostly absent in this deposit. Yuanjiang rubies can be readily separated from the high-iron rubies of different geological types by their Fe content (<1000 ppmw). The discriminators Mg, Ga, Cr, V, Fe, and Ti have potential in separating Yuanjiang rubies from some other marble-hosted deposits, such as Snezhnoe. Nevertheless, geographic origin determination remains a challenge when considering the similarities in compositional features between the Yuanjiang rubies and rubies from some other marble-hosted deposits worldwide (e.g., Luc Yen). The presence of kaolinite group minerals and clusters of euhedral, prismatic zircon crystals in ruby suggest a Yuanjiang origin.


2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastien Rauch ◽  
Gregory M. Morrison

Recent developments in laser microprobes and the coupling of laser ablation (LA) to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has opened up the possibility for detailed analysis of individual sediment grains and the elucidation of metal association with bulk elements and phases. Here, LA–ICP-MS is used for the micrometer-resolved, multi-element analysis of Pb and bulk elements such as Fe, Mg, Al, and Si. Normalized Pb signals show a clear association to Fe coatings at the surface of the particles.


2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel E. Adiotomre ◽  
Innocent O. Ejeh ◽  
Edwin O. Adaikpoh

Abstract Geochemical analysis of fluvial sediments on the banks of River Ero using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry illustrates their maturity, provenance and tectonic setting. The analysed sediment samples show low SiO2/Al2O3 ratios of 2.92-2.99 (units FL_A, FL_B and FL_E) and high SiO2/Al2O3 ratios of 4.064-4.852 (units FL_C, FL_D, FL_F and FL_G). Sediments were geochemically classified as shales (units FL_A, FL_B and FL_E) and greywackes (units FL_C, FL_D, FL_F and FL_G). Variability in sediment maturity (FL_F > FL_G >FL_C >FL_D >FL_A > FL_B > FL_E) parallels a decreasing order in the ratios of SiO2/Al2O3 and K2O/Al2O3, as well as the proportion of quartz grains and matrix components. Evidence from Al2O3/TiO2, K2O, Rb, La/Co, Th/Co, Cr/ Th, Th/Cr, La/Th-Hf, Th-Hf-Co and rare earth element contents of sediment samples suggest felsic protoliths of upper continental crust in a passive margin tectonic setting. An insignificant contribution of mafic components from the source is, however, inferred based on the Ni and Cr contents of the sediment samples. Combined Eu anomalies <0.85 and (Gd/Yb)n ratios <2.0 (1.53- 1.82, average 1.65) suggest post-Archean protoliths.


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