BIR-1 Icelandic Basalt Page Last Updated:

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Producer: United States Geological Survey
Material Source: Reykjavik dolerites, 12 km east of Reykjavik, Iceland
Date Released: 1984
Production Ref: 84FLA - 02
Constituent Concentration Uncertainty Units N Data Quality Data Source
Major Oxides
Al2O3 15.35 0.51 % 32 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
CaO 13.24 0.29 % 34 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
CO2 0.02 0.01 % 5 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Fe2O3 2.08 0.08 % 7 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Fe2O3-T 11.26 0.23 % 36 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
FeO 8.38 0.11 % 9 Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
H2O+ 0.1 0.03 % 9 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
H2O- 0.07 0.02 % 5 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
K2O 0.027 0.01 % 25 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
MgO 9.68 0.28 % 28 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
MnO 0.171 0.01 % 36 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Na2O 1.75 0.11 % 38 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
P2O5 0.046 0.028 % 21 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
SiO2 47.77 0.51 % 26 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
TiO2 0.96 0.03 % 36 Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
Oxide Sum 99.64 0.85 %
Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
Minor Oxides
B2O3 1.0626E-04 5.152E-05 % 3 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
BaO 8.59705E-04 2.4563E-04 % 12 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Cr2O3 0.0555389 0.0058462 % 32 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
SrO 1.277219E-02 1.655654E-03 % 28 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
ZnO 8.837796E-03 1.120284E-03 % 23 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
ZrO2 0.00297 0.000945 % 14 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Elements
Ag 0.036
ug/g 2 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Al 8.12 0.27 % 32 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
As 0.4 0.5 ug/g 3 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Au 0.0016
ug/g 2 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
B 0.33 0.16 ug/g 3 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Ba 7.7 2.2 ug/g 12 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Be 0.58 0.07 ug/g 3 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Bi 0.02
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Br < 2
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
C 66 24 ug/g 5 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Ca 9.47 0.21 % 34 Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
Carbon-Inorga 40
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
nic
Cd 0.114 0.038 ug/g 4 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Ce 2.5 1.1 ug/g 15 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Cl 26 6 ug/g 5 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Co 51 3 ug/g 30 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Cr 380 40 ug/g 32 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Cs 0.45 0.06 ug/g 4 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Cu 126 5 ug/g 23 Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
Dy 2.4 0.3 ug/g 10 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Er 1.8 0.3 ug/g 6 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Eu 0.54 0.04 ug/g 25 Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
F 44 13 ug/g 6 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Fe 7.87 0.16 % 36 Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
Ga 16 2 ug/g 8 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Gd 1.9 0.4 ug/g 14 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Ge 1.4
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Hf 0.58 0.06 ug/g 12 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Hg 7.3
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Ho 0.5 0.08 ug/g 6 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Ir 0.00015
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
K 220 80 ug/g 25 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
La 0.88 0.33 ug/g 18 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Li 3.4 0.4 ug/g 7 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Lu 0.26 0.04 ug/g 15 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Mg 5.84 0.17 % 28 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Mn 1320 80 ug/g 36 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Mo 0.5 0.8 ug/g 3 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Na 1.3 0.08 % 38 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Nb 2 0.5 ug/g 10 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Nd 2.5 0.7 ug/g 12 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Ni 166 16 ug/g 25 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
P 200 120 ug/g 21 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Pd 0.0056 0.0006 ug/g 3 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Pr 0.5 0.4 ug/g 4 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Pt 0.0028
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Rb 1 0.9 ug/g 9 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Rh 0.00035
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Sb 0.58 0.16 ug/g 11 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Sc 44 4 ug/g 19 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Se 0.018
ug/g 2 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Si 22.31 0.24 % 26 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Sm 1.08 0.09 ug/g 25 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Sn 0.69
ug/g 2 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Sr 108 14 ug/g 28 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Ta 0.062 0.036 ug/g 5 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Tb 0.41 0.05 ug/g 10 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Te 0.007
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Th 0.89 0.7 ug/g 9 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Ti 5720 200 ug/g 36 Certified value equivalent 88GLA - 02
Tl 0.01
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Tm 0.27 0.07 ug/g 8 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
U 0.025
ug/g 2 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
V 313 23 ug/g 24 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
W 0.22
ug/g 1 Provisional value 88GLA - 02
Y 16 2 ug/g 20 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Yb 1.7 0.19 ug/g 22 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Zn 71 9 ug/g 23 Recommended value 88GLA - 02
Zr 22 7 ug/g 14 Provisional value 88GLA - 02

Material Production Reference:
F. J. Flanagan (1984), Three USGS Mafic Rock Reference Samples, W-2, DNC-1 and BIR-1, USGS Bulletin 1623, 54 pp.; updated by Additions and Corrections for USGS Bulletin 1623, Open-File Report 86-220, issued in 1986.

Data Source Reference:
E. S. Gladney and I. Roelandts (1987), 1987 Compilation of Elemental Concentration Data for USGS BIR-1, DNC-1 and W-2, Geostandards Newsletter, 12: 63-118.

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