Ebook: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM)

This book comprises 96 peer-reviewed contributions submitted to the 10th ICAM Congress, held in Trondheim, Norway on 01-05 August 2011. Themes covered include:

1) Advanced materials, including high-performance technical ceramics and glasses,

2) Analytical techniques, instrumentation and automation,

3) Bio-mimetic mineral materials, medical mineralogy,

4) Construction materials including cement/SCMs, concrete, bricks, tiles, screeds,

5) Cultural heritage, stone artifacts and preservation,

6) Environment and energy mineralogy, including CO2 sequestration,

7) Geometallurgy and process mineralogy, and 8) Industrial minerals including gems, ore minerals, and mineral exploration.

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This book comprises 96 peer-reviewed contributions submitted to the 10th ICAM Congress, held in Trondheim, Norway on 01-05 August 2011. Themes covered include: 1) Advanced materials, including high-performance technical ceramics and glasses, 2) Analytical techniques, instrumentation and automation, 3) Bio-mimetic mineral materials, medical mineralogy, 4) Construction materials including cement/SCMs, concrete, bricks, tiles, screeds, 5) Cultural heritage, stone artifacts and preservation, 6) Environment and energy mineralogy, including CO2 sequestration, 7) Geometallurgy and process mineralogy, and 8) Industrial minerals including gems, ore minerals, and mineral exploration.

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This book comprises 96 peer-reviewed contributions submitted to the 10th ICAM Congress, held in Trondheim, Norway on 01-05 August 2011. Themes covered include: 1) Advanced materials, including high-performance technical ceramics and glasses, 2) Analytical techniques, instrumentation and automation, 3) Bio-mimetic mineral materials, medical mineralogy, 4) Construction materials including cement/SCMs, concrete, bricks, tiles, screeds, 5) Cultural heritage, stone artifacts and preservation, 6) Environment and energy mineralogy, including CO2 sequestration, 7) Geometallurgy and process mineralogy, and 8) Industrial minerals including gems, ore minerals, and mineral exploration.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Iodine K-Edge Exafs Spectroscopy of Iodine-Bearing AFm-(Cl2, CO3, SO4)....Pages 1-7
Prediction of Mineral Processing Behavior of Bauxite Ores by XRD Cluster Analysis....Pages 9-16
Metallogeny Of Culampaj? Gold District, Argentina....Pages 17-21
Systematic REE Partitioning in Cubo-Dodecahedral Fluorite from Belgium Revealed by Cathodoluminescence Spectral Imaging and Laser Ablation-ICP-MS....Pages 23-30
Geochemical Characteristics of the Aligudarz Granite Intrusion and Its Mineralization Potential....Pages 31-38
Occurrences and Petrographical Variations among the Glauconite Deposits from Egypt....Pages 39-47
Investigation of an Old Problem: Optimisation and Cost Effectiveness....Pages 49-56
Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Magnetite–Hematite Transformation Via EBSD Technique....Pages 57-62
Effect of Alteration on the Mineralogy and Flotation Performance of PPM Platinum Ore....Pages 63-71
The Role of Process Mineralogy in Identifying the Cause of the Low Recovery of Chalcopyrite at KUCC....Pages 73-80
Petrographic Crystallography in Solving Problems of Applied Mineralogy....Pages 81-83
Monomineralic Aggregates in Mortars: Examples From Lombardy (Northern Italy)....Pages 85-93
Assessment of Individual ASR-Aggregate Particles by XRD....Pages 95-102
Grain Size Analysis of Quartz in Potentially Alkali-Reactive Aggregates for Concrete: A Comparison Between Image Analysis and Point-Counting....Pages 103-110
Effect of Farm Manure on Dissolution of Underlying Carbonate Rocks and Atmospheric CO2 Source/Sink....Pages 111-117
High Voltage Selective Fragmentation for Detailed Mineralogical and Analytical Information, Case Study: Oiva’s Gold-Quartz-Dyke in the Lapland Granulite Belt, Laanila, Northern Finland....Pages 119-127
The Use of 3D X-Ray Computed Tomography for Gold Location in Exploration Drill Cores....Pages 129-136
Crandallite Formation in Archaeological Potteries Found in the Amazonian Dark Earth Soils....Pages 137-144
Chemical Composition and Age of Uraninite of the Zhovta Richka Uranium Deposit (Ukraine)....Pages 145-152
Metasomatic Formation and Replacement of Apatite (Bamble Sector, South Norway)....Pages 153-161
REE Mobilization in Complex Hydrothermal–Metasomatic Systems: Fluid Chemistry Evidence of Albitite And Chlorite-Talc Mineralisations in Central Sardinia, Italy....Pages 163-170
Synthesis of Intermetallic Ni–Al Nanoparticles by Wet Chemistry Synthesis of Niacac2 and Alcl3 Precursors....Pages 171-178
Building Fa?ades of Oporto City Covered with Glazed Tiles. Guidelines of Haracterisation for Preservation....Pages 179-186
Advanced Discrimination of Hematite and Magnetite by Automated Mineralogy....Pages 187-195
The Discovery of a New Metallogenic Province in Sardinia (Italy): Au–Ag Mineralisations of Tertiary Age....Pages 197-204
The Formation of Oxalate Patina on the Surface of Carbonate Rocks Under the Influence of Microorganisms....Pages 205-212
Paralava from Coal-Dump Combustion in Upper Silesia, Poland: Melt Separation Leaving a Cordierite-Rich Restite.....Pages 213-220
Vein Type Mineralization and Related Alterations of Narigun Polymetallic Deposit, East of Yazd, Central Iran....Pages 221-227
The Roman Bridge of Sant’antioco (Sardinia, Italy): The Analysis of Masonries and Characterization of Materials....Pages 229-236
Traditional Masonry Techniques and Characterization of Materials: The Mezzaspiaggia Tower (Cagliari, Sardinia)....Pages 237-244
Morphological Characterization of Natural and Artificial Sands Through Image Analysis....Pages 245-253
Sem-Eds-Based Protocol for Subsurface Drilling Mineral Identification and Petrological Classification....Pages 255-263
Petrological Reconstruction of the Subsurface Based on PDC Drill Cuttings: An Advanced Rock Typing Approach....Pages 265-273
Reflected Light Microscopy of Industrial Minerals....Pages 275-283
The Replacement of Carbonatite and Marble by Fluorspar Ores and Its Relationship to Beneficiation Problems at Okorusu, Namibia....Pages 285-295
Ore Microscopic Study of Copper Losses from Mining of Bornite Ores in the Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Southeast Missouri....Pages 297-305
Integration and Analysis of Optical and Sem-Based Microscopy for Automated Mineralogical Characterisation....Pages 307-318
Apatite–Biotite–Carbonatite (Stjern?y, N-Norway): Potential and Obstacles Regarding a Multinutrient Rock-Fertilizer....Pages 319-326
Quantitative Mineral Characterization of Granitic Pegmatite Using Topas Rietveld XRD Refinement....Pages 327-334
Formation of Calcium Oxalates in the Human Body....Pages 335-343
Halloysite from the Eucla Basin, South Australia – Comparison of Physical Properties for Potential New Uses....Pages 345-349
Geochemical Variations During Alteration of an Andesite-Basalt to Bentonite, In Khur, East of Isfahan, Iran....Pages 351-359
Assessment of Engineering Properties of Clay Soils as Brick and Tiles Materials in Hamedan, West Of Iran....Pages 361-368
Advances in Quantitative X-Ray Mineralogy: Mixed Crystals in Bauxite....Pages 369-376
Quantitative XRD for Ore, Sinter, and Slag Characterization in the Steel Industry....Pages 377-384
Effect of Ground Glass Fineness on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Concrete....Pages 385-393
Assessment of Quartzite Crystallinity Index by Ft-Ir....Pages 395-402
New Sample Preparation Developments to Minimize Mineral Segregation in Process Mineralogy....Pages 403-409
Learnings From Five Years of On-Site Mla at Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation: (Myth Busters Through Quantitative Evidence…)....Pages 411-417
Mineralogical Assessment of the Metamorphosed Broken Hill Sulfide Deposit, South Africa: Implications for Processing Complex Orebodies....Pages 419-426
Deterioration of Concrete: Application of Stable Isotopes....Pages 427-434
Trace Elements of Pegmatitic Quartz and Their Regional Distribution in two Pegmatite Fields of Southern Norway....Pages 435-443
Trace Element Content and Optical Cathodoluminescence of Kyanite....Pages 445-451
Weathering of Pyrrhotite to Szomolnokite....Pages 453-461
Radioactive Elements in Bone Tissue From Freshwater Fish....Pages 463-469
Comparing the Mineralogical Characterisation of Iron Ore by Using Qemscan and Pta....Pages 471-478
Influence of the Phase Composition of Pyrrhotites on Gold Content in Rocks....Pages 479-486
Application of Rapid X-Ray Diffraction (Xrd) and Cluster Analysis to Grade Control of Iron Ores....Pages 487-494
Sulfide Oxidation and Mobilization of Arsenic in the Ketza River Mine Tailings....Pages 495-501
Development of a Textural Acid Rock Drainage Index for Classifying Acid Formation....Pages 503-511
Detection of the Deep Approach Fluid Channels in the Oil-and-Gas Basins Using the Geomagnetic Data (North and Norwegian Seas)....Pages 513-521
Rare-Earth Element and Thorium Potential of Heavy Mineral Deposits Along the West Coast of South Africa With Special Reference to the Namakwa Sands Deposit....Pages 523-529
Influencing the Morphology of Gypsum....Pages 531-539
Co2 Sequestration During Interactions Between Fluid and Mafic to Intermediate Intrusive Rocks on Vann?ya Island, West Troms Basement Complex, North Norway....Pages 541-548
Mineralization of Iron Deposits from Dehbid Area, Fars Province, South Iran: Geochemical and Mineralogical Data....Pages 549-557
Hyperspectral Imaging of Iron Ores....Pages 559-566
Investigation on Microhardpan Texture using µ-CT and MLA....Pages 567-574
Understanding Micro-Environment Development in Mine Tailings Using MLA and Image Analysis....Pages 575-580
Application of Edxrf Handheld to Optimize Exploration Strategies....Pages 581-588
Rare Earth Element Mineralogy and its Recovery from the Neoproterozoic Riviera W–Mo Deposit, South Africa....Pages 589-596
Process Mineralogy Delivering Significant Value at Anglo Platinum Concentrator Operations....Pages 597-604
Natural Carbon Nanostructuring Materials....Pages 605-612
Kinetic Studies of Hydration-Dehydration in Nano-Scale Interlayer Spaces for Smectite Clay Minerals....Pages 613-621
Olivine and Climate Change....Pages 623-630
Staining of an Indoor Carrara Marble Floor at the Opera House Oslo Norway....Pages 631-636
Medieval Kirschsteinite-Bearing Iron Slags of the Develi-Yahyali Area (Kayseri), Turkey....Pages 637-640
H?gbomite Associated with Vanadiferous–Titaniferous Magnetite Bands at Bhaktarhalli, Nuggihalli Schist Belt, Western Dharwar Craton, Karnataka, India....Pages 641-647
Mineralogical Studies in Assisting Beneficiation of Rare Earth Element Minerals from Carbonatite Deposits....Pages 649-656
The Effect of Granulated Nickel Converter Matte Mineralogy on Phase-Specific Hardness and Associated Breakage Characteristics....Pages 657-664
Nanostructure of Biomineral Apatite of Modern Oceanic Phosphorites....Pages 665-672
Physicochemical Model of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization in Human Organism....Pages 673-681
Immobilisation of Uraniumvi in Cementitious Materials: Evidence for Structural Incorporation in Calcium–Silicate–Hydrates and Solid Solution Formation....Pages 683-687
Characterization of the Network Structure of Alkali-Activated Aluminosilicate Binders by Single- and Double-Resonance 29si {27al} Mas Nmr Experiments....Pages 689-697
Medieval Kirschsteinite-Bearing Iron Slags of the Develi-Yahyali Area (Kayseri), Turkey....Pages 699-706
Microstructural Characterization of Fine Recycled Aggregates by Sem-Mla....Pages 707-715
The H?tting Breccia: A Quaternary Building Stone: Its Formation, Quarries, Use and Material Technical Properties....Pages 717-724
Timan Bauxites: Distribution, Composition, Industrial Application (Komi Republic, Russia)....Pages 725-732
A New Cladding System Using Low Strength Sandstone in Precast Concrete Panels for Building Fa?ades....Pages 733-740
Application of a Field Emission Mineral Liberation Analyser to the in Situ Study of Platinum-Group Element Mineralisation in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa....Pages 741-748
Spectroscopic Studies of the Influence of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on the Hydration of Tricalcium Silicate and Microstructure of Calcium Silicate Hydrate Phases....Pages 749-756
Petrological and Mineralogical Studies of the Sibin Bian-Stone, a Material for Making Acupuncture Tools in Ancient China....Pages 757-764
Mineralogy of Iron-Rich Sediments of Benavi Area in Kurdistan Region—Northern Iraq....Pages 765-772
Sorption Capacity of Clay Minerals for Oil and Oil Products from Water Areas....Pages 773-780
Compare the Microstructure and Microenvironment of Dry and Wet Organic Montmorillonites....Pages 781-788
Back Matter....Pages 789-794
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