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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8619

The National Mineral Reference Collection (NMC) Digital Spectral (VIS-NIR-SWIR) Library. 
Part II: REE-Nb-U-Th-bearing minerals

J.B. Percival, A.C. Abraham, A.B. Laudadio, and C.D. Sinclair

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2019

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/315690

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Recommended Citation
	
Percival, J.B., Abraham, A.C., Laudadio, A.B., and Sinclair, C.D., 2019. The National Mineral Reference Collection 
    (NMC) Digital Spectral (VIS-NIR-SWIR) Library. Part II: REE-Nb-U-Th-bearing minerals; Geological Survey of 
    Canada, Open File 8619, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/315690

System Requirements

In Appendix I, Table I-1, provides a list of minerals, organized according to Dana’s Mineralogical Classification, with accompanying sample description (.docx), raw data (.txt) and plot (.pdf) of each reflectance spectra. All data organized using a unique ID number (column 3). To view results, click hyperlink name shown in blue font. However, to allow examination of the plots in a second window, the user should override one of the default settings in Adobe® Reader®. Under Edit, select Preferences, then select Documents and toggle off “Open cross-document links in same window”.

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Contents

This project was supported by the Science Laboratory Network (SLN) of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), the Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-5) Program, the Environmental Geoscience (EG) Program and Open Geoscience. This Open File Report provides a Spectral Library of REE-, Nb-, U- and Th-bearing minerals contained in the National (Reference) Mineral Collection.

Directory Structure

of_8619.pdf
of_8619_readme.rtf (this file)

APPENDIX-I - Contains hyperlinked files in Master Table I-1 forming the Spectral Library
        Minerals – Contains all subfiles hyperlinked in Master Table I-1 
APPENDIX-II - Contains detailed description of the method of analyses	
APPENDIX-III - Compares spectra from multiple specimens of the same mineral species

Author Contact Information

J.B. Percival (Jeanne.Percival@Canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

Contact information as of October 2019

A.C. Abraham (AshleyAbraham@cmail.Carleton.ca)
A.B. Laudadio (alaudadi@gmail.com)
C. D. Sinclair (Chris.sinclair.geo@gmail.com)
Department of Earth Sciences
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 5B6

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