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The Database Solution to Particle-by-Particle Analysis of Mixed Mineral Dusts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

B.R. Strohmeier ,
K.L. Bunker ,
K.E. Harris ,
R. Hoch  and
R.J. Lee
B.R. Strohmeier
Affiliation:
RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville, PA
K.L. Bunker*
Affiliation:
RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville, PA
K.E. Harris
Affiliation:
RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville, PA
R. Hoch
Affiliation:
RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville, PA
R.J. Lee
Affiliation:
RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville, PA
*
klbunker@rjlg.com

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This work involves the development and application of a database for the morphological, crystallographic, and chemical characterization of amphibole particles that occur as accessory minerals in the former vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana. The data in the database were collected using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques for particle-by-particle characterization of mixed mineral dust samples.

In the fall of 1999, public attention was focused on the small town of Libby due to health concerns over potential amphibole asbestos exposure that occurred in the now closed vermiculite mine. The vermiculite deposit, located in the Rainy Creek Igneous Complex, about seven miles northeast of Libby, was discovered in 1913 and commercial production of vermiculite began in 1923.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , November 2007 , pp. 44 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2007

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