Appendix
The following figures show ED spectra of various minerals, as recorded with a
thin-window Si(Li) detector. The abscissae show the energy in keV. The
accelerating voltage is 20 kV and the X-ray take-off angle is 308. Only major
(a) peaks of elements are labelled; the C K peak from the carbon coating is not
shown. (Note that relative peak intensities vary with accelerating voltage and,
in the low-energy region, are affected by the window characteristics.) Many
minerals exhibit a considerable range of compositions, which should be taken
into account.
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