Application of rapid field analysis techniques to the exploration of battery commodity minerals

Michael Wawryk; Lena Hancock

doi:10.1080/22020586.2019.12073034

2nd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference: Data to Discovery

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oa Application of rapid field analysis techniques to the exploration of battery commodity minerals
Authors Michael Wawryk^a and Lena Hancock^b
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^a Geological Survey of Western Australia, 37 Harris St, Carlisle, , 6101, [email protected] ^b Geological Survey of Western Australia, 37 Harris St, Carlisle, , 6101, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2019, Issue 2nd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference: Data to Discovery, Dec 2019, p. 1 - 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22020586.2019.12073034
- Published online: 01 Dec 2019

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Summary

Rapid, field-portable analytical instruments provide potentially powerful tools to support exploration for so-called battery and other critical minerals, but the effectiveness of particular techniques for identifying specific mineral species or elements is not well understood.

We have undertaken case studies of graphite, Li- and Ni-mineralized rocks in drill core and hand specimens, comparing and contrasting results from infrared reflectance (IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). The results allow us to recommend analytical workflows that integrate IR, XRD and XRF techniques for the most appropriate detection of a suite of battery and other critical minerals.

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Article Type: Research Article

Keyword(s): Geochemistry; Infrared spectroscopy; Mineralogy; XRD; XRF

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