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Headers for Upload Spreadsheets

Samples

More information about sample descriptors

REQUIRED FIELDS

• SAMPLE NUMBER
• ROCK TYPE
• LATITUDE
• LONGITUDE
• REFERENCE – required for published data.

OPTIONAL FIELDS

• LOCATION ERROR
• IGSN
• REGION
• COUNTRY
• ALIAS (alternate sample number)
• COLLECTOR
• DATE OF COLLECTION
• PRESENT SAMPLE LOCATION
• GRADE
• COMMENT
• MINERALS PRESENT (listed as mineral names)

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Chemical Analyses

More information about chemical analysis descriptors

REQUIRED FIELDS

• SAMPLE NUMBER
• SUBSAMPLE
• MINERAL (or whole rock)
• METHOD
• SUBSAMPLE TYPE – required to create subsamples at bulk upload
• REFERENCE – required for published data.
• ELEMENTS/SPECIES – at least one required
• UNITS - read from beneath element/species
• POINT

OPTIONAL FIELDS

• ANALYTICAL FACILITY
• ANALYSIS DATE
• ANALYST
• REFERENCE IMAGE
• X STAGE
• Y STAGE
• X REFERENCE
• Y REFERENCE
• PRECISION - abs/rel read from beneath
• TOTAL
• COMMENT

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Images

More information about image descriptors

REQUIRED FIELDS

• SAMPLE NUMBER
• PATH
• IMAGE TYPE
• ELEMENT -required for x-ray maps

OPTIONAL FIELDS

• SUBSAMPLE
• SCALE
• COLLECTOR
• DWELL TIME
• CURRENT
• VOLTAGE
• COMMENT

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