MP-2 Certificate of Analysis
Certified Reference Material: Tungsten-Molybdenum Ore
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First Issued : 1983
Version: September 1997
Description
MP-2 is a sample of tungsten-molybdenum ore representative of the wolframite-molybdenite-bismuth mineralization deposits at Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick. The raw material was obtained from the Billiton Exploration Company Limited.
Nineteen laboratories participated in the interlaboratory program to provide analytical results for five elements in MP-2.
| Mineral | wt % |
|---|---|
| Quartz | 70.0 |
| Chlorite | 10.0 |
| Topaz | 5.0 |
| Lepidocrocite | 5.0 |
| Fluorite | 2.0 |
| Calcite | 1.0 |
| Wolframite | 1.0 |
| Loellingite | 1.0 |
| Sphalerite | 0.7 |
| Molybdenite | 0.4 |
| Bismuth | 0.25 |
| Chalcopyrite | 0.23 |
| Rutile | 0.2 |
| Bismuthinite | 0.2 |
| Pyrite | 0.1 |
| Monazite | 0.1 |
| Zircon | 0.1 |
| Galena | 0.05 |
| Constituent | wt % |
|---|---|
| W | 0.65 ± 0.02 |
| Mo | 0.281 ± 0.01 |
| Bi | 0.245 ± 0.007 |
| Sn | 0.043 ± 0.002 |
| Ag | 4.9 ± 0.3 µg/g |
| Constituent | wt % |
|---|---|
| SiO2 | 76.1 |
| Al | 5.4 |
| F | 4.1 |
| Fe | 3.7 |
| Ca | 2.7 |
| Cu | 0.09 |
| S | 0.7 |
| Zn | 0.4 |
| As | 0.2 |
| Sn | 0.043 |
| Mg | 0.04 |
| Pb | 0.04 |
| C (total) | 0.02 |
| H2O (105°C) | ‹0.1 |
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