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Bradley et al. 1978
Bradley, J.G., Huneke, J.C. and Wasserburg, G.J. (1978). Ion microprobe evidence for the presence of excess 26Mg in an Allende anorthite crystal. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JB083iB01p00244. issn: 0148-0227.

An ion microprobe has been used to observe 26Mg/24Mg in in excess of normal values in anorthite crystals from Allende refractory inclusions. In one crystal, 26Mg excesses up to 40% above normal, correlated with Al/Mg, were observed. These excesses are many times larger than those observed by other techniques. The correlation with Al/Mg indicated that the excess 26Mg in the Allende anorthite is uniformly distributed in the anorthite crystal. Analytical procedures and conditions were carefully controlled. Nevertheless, small but significant apparent 26Mg/24Mg anomalies in isotopically normal samples were observed in analyses by one ion microprobe. A repetition of the isotopic analyses using another ion probe produced normal ratios in the normal samples and confirmed large 26Mg excesses in the Allende anorthite.

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