New methods under scrutiny

摘要

In recent years there have been enormous advances in the automation of key mineral identification and quantification technologies. If anything, it has become clear that mineralogists are either now - or will in the very near future - be able to draw on a wide range of techniques to allow the automated analysis of earth resource materials. These include optical, near infrared, X-ray beam, laser beam, electron beam (SEM, EPMA) and proton beam techniques to name a few.