Hi Greg

My initial go-to paper but plenty has been written before and since

Neil

Stable isotope analysis of multiple carbonate samples using selective acid extraction

Ihsan S Al-Aasm, BE Taylor, B South

Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience Section 80 (2), 119-125, 1990

Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of natural calcite and dolomite mixtures using selective acid extraction

JVOTIRANJAN S Ray, R Ramesh

JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA 52, 323-332, 1998

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Would anyone have literature regarding the separation of Calcite and Dolomite in samples for analysis of stable isotopes of O and C? I recall doing something of the sort years ago using acetic acid to dissolve the calcite fraction first, then a stronger acid to react the dolomitic fraction.

Regards,

Greg