Characterization of rare-earth resources at Mountain Pass, CA using high-resolution X-ray microtomography (HRXMT)

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-17

  Lin, C L ^a   Hsieh, Ching Hao ^a   Miller, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bastnaesite; HRXMT; Mountain Pass; Rare earth minerals; Size analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; MINERAL RESOURCES; ORES; PARTICLE SIZE; RARE EARTHS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURES; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

BASTNAESITE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HRXMT; MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS; MOUNTAIN PASS; RARE-EARTH RESOURCES; SIZE ANALYSIS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874166898     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402336     Document Type: Article

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