Characterisation of non-sulphide zinc deposits using QEMSCAN®

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 778-787

  Rollinson, Gavyn K ^a   Andersen, Jens C Ø ^a   Stickland, Ross J ^a   Boni, Maria ^b   Fairhurst, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mineralogy; Non sulphide zinc; QEMSCAN

Indexed keywords

ACID CONSUMPTION; CHARACTERISATION; EPMA; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; NAMIBIA; NON-SULPHIDE ZINC; ORE MINERALS; POTENTIAL RESOURCES; QEMSCAN; SEM; SKORPION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; XRD; ZINC ORES; ZINC RECOVERY;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORES; ZINC; ZINC ORE TREATMENT; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC DEPOSITS;

EID: 79957949862     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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