Proceedings of a symposium held in Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 1988. Includes the latest mineralogical research, instrumentation, methodology and innovations as applied to base metal, precious metal, coal and industrial mineral deposits and their processing products. Mineralogical applications to gold and platinum-palladium deposits, mineral exploration, mineral benefication of precious metal, base metal, and mineral liberation and technology are addressed. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Represents the 11th in a consecutive series of volumes which includes information on innovative methods of mineral and phase characterization developed to meet the needs of the mining industry, and more recently to accommodate the technological growth of recycling industries. Precious and other metals are examined providing valuable process mineralogy information for the metallurgist or environmental engineer.