Word to the wise: Raman spectroscopy in the identification and study of minerals

Rocks and Minerals

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-189

  Jaszczak, John A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84875333612     PISSN: 00357529     EISSN: 19401191     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00357529.2013.763698     Document Type: Article

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