Articles | Volume 36, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-87-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-87-2024
Research article
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17 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2024

OxyEMG: an application for determination of the oxyspinel group end-members based on electron microprobe analyses

Gabriela R. Ferracutti, Lucía M. Asiain, Antonella S. Antonini, Juan E. Tanzola, and M. Luján Ganuza

Model code and software

Oxy-EMG (End Members Generator of the OXYSpinel Group) Gabriela R. Ferracutti et al. http://vyglab.cs.uns.edu.ar/webpage/index.php/es/recursos/oxyemg

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Short summary
The paper proposes an application called OxyEMG (Oxyspinel group End-Member Generator), which is an improved version of EMG. This tool allows for calculating the portions of 31 end-members of the oxyspinel group from data obtained with an electron microprobe. This is fundamental since this group of minerals is considered to be tectonic tracers; their integral composition should be taken into account and not only those end-members that make up the magnetite or ulvöspinel prisms.