Identification of cave minerals by Raman spectroscopy: new technology for non-destructive analysis
The usual tools are X-ray powder diffraction, the optical microscope, and the scanning electron microscope. X-ray diffraction gives a definitive fingerprint by which the mineral can be identified by comparison with a catalog of reference patterns. However, samples must be ground to powder and unstab...
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| Language: | English |
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University of South Florida Libraries
2006-07-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Speleology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/64.542.35_White.pdf |