Sample treatment: - Pulverized sample (40 mg) + Lithium metaborate (80 mg) - Fusion at 1100°C in a graphite crucible (30 min) - Molted drop poured in HNO3 5% (V/V) and diluted to 250 ml with ultrapure water Instrument: Perkin Emer Optima 7000 Reading view: axial (trace elements); radial (major and minor elements) Nubulizer: Perkin-Elmer gem tip nebulizer with Shott spray chamber Wl (nm) LOQ (ox wt%) Al 0.05 Ca 0.05 Fe 0.13 K 0.85 Mg 0.003 Na 0.72 Ti 0.03 LOQ (PPM) Ba 10 Cr 5 La 2 Mn 27 Rb 8 Sc 1 Sr 1 Y 0.3 Yb 3 Zr 4