In situ sulfur isotope analysis by laser ablation MC-ICPMS

A new method for in situ S isotopic analysis was tested using a laser ablation system together with a multi-collector (MC)-ICPMS. The method was tested for the analysis of pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite using a large pyrite crystal as an in-house standard. Repeated measurements of Py, Pn, Po and Cpy provide an average internal precision of less than 0.1‰ (2σ). The method was also applied to a pyrite-bearing orogenic Au deposit to display the ability of the method to resolve minor variations in δ34S across growth zoning in pyrite.