XRD analyses: drillcore, Northern Territory

Abstract

The Hylogger IR spectroscopic analyses of drillcore being conducted by various Geological Surveys in Australia routinely return analyses indicating various minerals that often cannot be readily confirmed in the hand specimens, and require XRD (X-ray diffraction) or other methods for confirmation.

The objective of this study is mostly to determine the presence or absence of various minerals, or their more specific identity, in samples from some drillholes in the Northern Territory.