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Data description paper
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09 Mar 2021
Data description paper |
| 09 Mar 2021
| 09 Mar 2021
A solar optical hyperspectral library of rare-earth-bearing minerals, rare-earth oxide powders, copper-bearing minerals and Apliki mine surface samples
Friederike Koerting
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
Nicole Koellner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
Agnieszka Kuras
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
Nina Kristin Boesche
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
Christian Rogass
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
Christian Mielke
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
Kirsten Elger
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
Uwe Altenberger
University of Potsdam, Institute of Geosciences, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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Mineral resource exploration and mining is an essential part of today's high-tech industry. Modern remote-sensing exploration techniques from multiple platforms (e.g., satellite) to detect the spectral characteristics of the surface require spectral libraries as an essential reference. To enable remote mapping, the spectral libraries for rare-earth-bearing minerals, copper-bearing minerals and surface samples from a copper mine are presented here with their corresponding geochemical validation.
Mineral resource exploration and mining is an essential part of today's high-tech industry....
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