· Considering that HF is hazardous to the environment, methods that resort to HFfree reagents are used, especially for minerals composed essentially of Kfeldspar and quartz (Bonansea and Ferrero, 2008, Jakobs and Dobias, 1991, Katayanagi, 1974, Klyachin, 1972, Malghan, 1981, Tang et al., 1988, Tang et al., 1993).