( Chapter 2) Comparison and evaluation of mineralogical results: Qemscan v/s Optical Mineralogy

摘要

Traditional mineralogical methodologies (such as opticalanalysis) have shown a relatively high margin of uncertainty andsubjectivity, and thus have occasionally been difficult to usereliably for geometallurgical interpretations. Modernquantitative mineralogy techniques, for example QEMSCAN, canreduce these uncertainties when they are combined increasedstatistical robustness and systematic quality controls. However,these new quantitative datasets need to be viably calibrated andassimilated with available qualitative historical data. Thispresentation compares traditional mineralogical analysis vs. anautomated quantitative mineralogy tool with respect to resultquality and comparability.