ICP-MS: Rock Standards

For standards we most commonly use for whole rock chemical analyses, here are our favored values: PDFExcel. Also see the COMAR and GeoRem databases, and USGSNIST, and IAEA reference material lists.

TypeSourceNumberMaterial
Whole rock powderNIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
USGS
USGS
USGS
USGS
USGS
IAEA
IAEA
IAEA
Rocklabs
25d
70a
76a
91
99a
103a
278
607
670
688
692
694
1413
1881a
AGV-2
BCR-2
BHVO-2
BIR-1
QLO-1
SL-1
SL-3
Soil-7
WG-1
GBM-1
Manganese ore
Potassium feldspar
Burnt refractory
Opal glass
Sodium feldspar
Chrome refractory
Rhyolite obsidian
Potassium feldspar
Rutile
Basalt
Iron ore (Labrador)
Phosphate rock (western)
High-alumina sand
Portland cement (white cap)
Andesite
Basalt
Basalt
Basalt
Quartz latite
Lake sediment
Lake sediment
Soil
Au 1.42 ppm +/-0.02*
Gore Mtn. garnet separate
Isotope ratio SRMsNIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
951a
952
981
982
983
L-SVEC
Boric acid, natural
Boric acid, 10B-enriched
Lead isotope: common lead
Lead isotope: 206Pb ≈ 208Pb
Lead isotope: radiogenic, from uranium ore
Lithium carbonate, common
Microbeam SRMsNIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
NIST
USGS
USGS
USGS
610
611
612
614
1834
1873
BCR-2G
BHVO-2G
BIR-1G
Glass, 500 ppm trace elements
Glass, 500 ppm trace elements
Glass, 50 ppm trace elements
Glass, 1 ppm trace elements
Glass, synthetic aluminum silicate
Glass, synthetic Ba-Zn-silica (3)
Glass, melted BCR-2
Glass, melted BHVO-2
Glass, melted BIR-1G
* On bottle label.