Heavy Mineral Sands Plates
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Mineralogical Report Client Name plc Appendix 1 - Plates Heavy Mineral Sands Example Report (selected pages) © Petrolab Limited Page: 2 o! "# Plate 1 : Samples ZZ-CN/+1.0 & ZZ-CN/+500 $ Sample %%&'*+,-: general vie. /nder s tereomicroscope 0 Sample %%&' *+,-: sel ected pic1ed pases /nder st ereomi cr oscope ' Sample % %& ' *#--: g ener al vi e. o! sample /nder stereomicroscope 3 Sampl e %%&' * #- -: vi e. s o.ing lo c1ed rar e r /t il e $4 04 5 ' 6 Plane polarised obli7/e l igt 3 6 Plane polarised re!lected ligt Mineral abbreiations : C ! organic p"ase # c"l ! c"lorite gro$p # % ! %anite # 't( ! '$art( rt ! r$tile/pse$)or$tile # to$r ! to$rmaline gro$p ' 3 $ 0 # mm # mm # mm + mm to/r 1y rt to/r 7t8 to/r cl ' 1y rt 1y 1y rt to/r
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Appendix 1 - Plates
Heavy Mineral SandsExample Report (selected pages)
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Plate 1 : Samples ZZ-CN/+1.0 & ZZ-CN/+500A Sample ZZ-CN/+1.0: general view under stereomicroscopeB Sample ZZ-CN/+1.0: selected picked phases under stereomicroscopeC Sample ZZ-CN/+500: general view of sample under stereomicroscopeD Sample ZZ-CN/+500: view showing locked rare rutile
A, B, & C Plane polarised oblique lightD Plane polarised reflected light
Mineral abbreviations : C = organic phase chl = chlorite group ky = kyanite qtz = quartzrt = rutile/pseudorutile tour = tourmaline group
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Plate 4 : Sample ZZ-CN/+75A, B & C Liberated rutile
D Liberated rutile and kyanite
A & B Plane polarised reflected lightC & D Plane polarised transmitted light
Mineral abbreviations : ky = kyanite rt = rutile/pseudorutile
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Plate 8 : Samples ZZ-CN/+75.C.S.NM + ZZ-CN/+75.C.S.PM(as combined prior to paramagnetics separation)
A & B General views showing high degree of sample liberationC View showing rounding of mineral grainsD Liberated zircon, rutile and kyanite
A , B, C & D Plane polarised reflected light
Mineral abbreviations : ky = kyanite rt = rutile/pseudorutile zr = zircon
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Plate 9 : Samples ZZ-CN/+125.C.S.M & ZZ-CN/+75.C.S.M(magnetic separation products)
A & B Sample ZZ-CN/+125.C.S.M: Hematite and ilmenite showing high degree of liberation
C & D Sample ZZ-CN/+75.C.S.M: Hematite and ilmenite showing high degree of liberation
A , B, C & D Plane polarised reflected light
Mineral abbreviations : hm = hematite ilm = ilmenite
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