AS 4350.

2—1999

Australian Standard™
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Heavy mineral sand concentrates—

Physical testing

Part 2: Determination of heavy

minerals and free quartz—
Heavy liquid separation method
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee MN/4, Heavy Mineral Sands—
Sampling. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
5 October 1999 and published on 5 December 1999.

The following interests are represented on Committee MN/4:

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of W.A.
CSIRO Minerals
University of Queensland
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 AS 4350.2—1999

Australian Standard™
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Heavy mineral sand concentrates—

Physical testing

Part 2: Determination of heavy

minerals and free quartz—
Heavy liquid separation method

Originated as AS 2716—1984.
Revised and redesignated as AS 4350.2—1999.

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 AS 4350.2—1999 2

PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by Committee MN/4, Heavy Mineral Sands to supersede
AS 2716—1984, Heavy mineral sand concentrates—Determination of light minerals—
Heavy liquid separation method.
The objective of this Standard is to provide a method of determination of heavy mineral and
free quartz content in sand concentrates which may be required as part of the economic and
technical assessment of a consignment.
This revision includes the determination of the heavy mineral content as well as the free
quartz in a sample. The term ‘light minerals’ has been replaced by ‘free quartz’.
This revision also introduces the use of lithium sodium silicotungstate (LST) as a suitable
heavy liquid.
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CONTENTS

Page
1 SCOPE ..............................................................................................................................3
2 APPLICATION.................................................................................................................3
3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................3
4 PRINCIPLE ......................................................................................................................3
5 REAGENTS......................................................................................................................3
6 APPARATUS ...................................................................................................................3
7 SAMPLES.........................................................................................................................4
8 PROCEDURE ...................................................................................................................4
9 CALCULATION...............................................................................................................5
10 EXPRESSION OF RESULTS...........................................................................................5
11 TEST REPORT.................................................................................................................5
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