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Description

CCU-1e is a copper concentrate from the Flin Flon mill, Manitoba, and donated by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. The raw material for CCU-1e was obtained from the same company as its predecessor, CCU-1d. The mineral species include: chalcopyrite (63.2%), pyrite (21.6%), sphalerite (4.6%), mawsonite (2.8%), pyrrhotite and pyroxene (both at 2.7%), galena (0.6%), fergusonite (0.4%), chlorite (0.3%), arsenopyrite, magnetite and quartz (all at 0.2%), ankerite, calcite and hornblende (all at 0.1%), biotite (0.05%), plagioclase (0.04%), dolomite and riebeckite (both at 0.03%), albite, epidote, hematite and siderite (all at 0.02%), and allanite, annite, ilmenite, orthoclase and an unidentified mineral (all at 0.01%). CCU-1e is suitable for the analysis of copper and various elements at major, minor and trace levels in copper concentrates. Examples of intended use include quality control and method development.