Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2019
Authors: Sophie Perring*, Nigel Brand
Date Published: September 2019
Number of Pages: 3
Abstract:
Rapid field identification of mineralogy is critical for exploration and ore extraction. For LCT pegmatites, a significant challenge is presented as many dominant minerals are visually similar and many of these minerals cannot be identified by commonly used methods such as SWIR or pXRF analysis. Therefore, being able to readily identify full mineralogy, especially of key lithium bearing minerals such as eucryptite, petalite and spodumene, is invaluable.