A laser ablation unit, next to an element 2 mass spectrometer. Both are big blocky scientific instruments, with few exciting features, although the laser unit is more.modern looking.

After a fair bit of frustration, our new excimer laser is installed! We have it coupled to an Element 2, and new laser plus sector magnet (rather than quadupole) mass spectrometry is a steep learning curve for me. Nice to spend the afternoon tinkering in the lab though.

#LAICPMS #MassSpec #MPIC

Accessory minerals: a provenancing tool for steatite quarries
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#OpenAccess #EarlyView #AccessoryMinerals #FEOxide #LAICPMS #provenance #Scandinavia #spinel #steatite #TraceElementMaps #VikingAge

Accessory minerals: a provenancing tool for steatite quarries
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#OpenAccess #AccessoryMinerals #FeOxide #LAICPMS #provenance #Scandinavia #spinel # steatite #TraceElementMaps #VikingAge

Unveiling diverse copper trace element profiles from a single smelting site through laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometric analysis
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#Archaeometallurgy #CopperPrill #LAICPMS #provenance #Shang #smelting

In the next days, a new version of #PySILLS, my #Python-based #LAICPMS data reduction tool for the compositional analysis of #minerals as well as of #fluid and #melt #inclusions, will be online. I am currently working on the possibility to open old project files from #SILLS in #PySILLS. 🙂👨🏻‍💻🪨💥🔬

Evidence of glass bead-making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula
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#OpenAccess #alAndalus #Glass #Recycling #LAICPMS #PbIsotopes #LeadSlag