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XRPD and SEM-EDS Identification of a Mineralogical Standards Kit Forming a 19th Century Collection for Educational Analysis
Department of Earth Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Former Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
- 1 Department of Earth Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
- 2 Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
- 3 Former Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
- 4 Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
- 5 Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering·Volume 04 (2016)·Pages 73–86·Published 13 January 2016·DOI10.4236/jmmce.2016.41008
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Abstract
An historical collection of more than one hundred samples of minerals and ore, used in the second half of the XVIII century was found and acquired during Munich Mineralientage 2014. The samples contained in numbered glass vials but lacking description, were prepared for teaching purpose about determinative mineralogy and ore recognition. All samples were analysed and identified. The identification effort drove the authors along a historical excursus about the didactics of mineralogy and the dry method analysis, nowadays neglected.
KeywordsBlowpipeXRPDSEM-EDSHistorical CollectionDry AnalysisOre Identification
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