Guide for the microscopical identification of ore and gangue minerals

• Main Author: Neumann, Udo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Tübingen Tübingen University Press 2020
• Subjects: Mineralogy & gems; ore minerals; reflected-light microscopy; microscopic identification; ore petrography; Ore microscopy; ore mineral guide
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Reflected-light microscopy is an essential method in earth and materials sciences for the observation of opaque minerals in rocks, metallic ores, coals, and of synthetic phases in slags, cements, metalls/alloys and coal. In contrast to other analytic investigations, ore microscopy does not only allo...