A New Quantitative Approach for Element-Mineral Determination Based on “EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy) Method”

Table 2

Element associations for new mineral identification method.

No.	Minerals	Element with certain existence	Elements with possible existence
1	Quartz	Si, O	C
2	Potash feldspar	K, Al, Si, O	Na, C
3	Albite	Na, Al, Si, O	Ca, C
4	Anorthite	Ca, Al, Si, O	C
5	Calcite	Ca, C, O	Si, Fe
6	Dolomite	Ca, Mg, C, O	Si, Fe
7	Siderite	Fe, C, O	/
8	Pyrite	Fe, S	C
9	1 Illite 1	K, Mg, Fe, Al, Si, O	Na, C
10	2 Illite 2	Na, Mg, Fe, Al, Si, O	K, C
11	Chlorite	Mg, Fe, Al, Si, O	C
12	Smectite	Mg, Al, Si, O	Na, Ca, K, C
13	Kaolinite	Al, Si, O	Fe, C
14	Pore	C	O