Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: William L. Fisher. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Indium is extensively used in LCD screens and solar cells. It is mainly produced as a byproduct during ore processing. With ever increasing demand for indium and most of the production being restricted to a few countries new sources for indium are needed. In Sweden, the westernmost Bergslagen is the only area, which is known to exhibit minerals with essential indium. The indium mineralisations at Långban, the Linbom prospect, which are studied in this bachelor’s thesis show several trends. The most notable is the copper indium trend seen in sphalerite. A likely substitution based on similar ionic radii and charges is Cu1++ In3+ ↔ 2Zn2+.Usually when cassiterite is associated with similar polymetalic indium bearing mineralisations as at Långban there is also high concentrations in cassiterite. This has previously not observed in Sweden, however during this project concentrations were indeed found in cassiterite.

In nature there are about 4,500 minerals identified. These can roughly be divided into two groups, opaque phases and non-opaque phases, with the exception that some opaque phases also may act as a non-opaque phase in different circumstances. The division is made on the basis of the optical properties. Opaque phases are nontransparent, which means that a different type of microscope must be used. A conventional microscope uses transmitted light while the microscope for opaque phases or the ore microscope uses reflected light. The reason is that ore minerals often behave in an opaque manner. An ore mineral is actually a regular mineral but with the difference that it is economically advantageous to mine. Many sulphide and oxide minerals are classified as ore minerals. Sulfide and oxide ores are often associated with a particular type of formation environment and are found in a few areas in Sweden. Bergslagen, Skelleftefältet and Norrbotten belong to these areas. The purpose of this studie is to identify the mineralization from Skyttgruvan and Näverbergsgruvan in Falun by using a microscope. / I naturen finns cirka 4,500 mineral identifierade. Dessa kan grovt sett delas upp i två grupper nämligen opaka faser och icke-opaka faser, då bortses dock från undantaget att vissa opaka faser också kan beteé sig som icke-opaka faser under olika omständigheter. Uppdelningen är gjord utifrån mineralens optiska egenskaper. Opaka faser är icke genomskinliga vilket innebär att en annan typ av mikroskop än de konventionella måste användas. Ett konventionellt mikroskop använder sig av genomfallande ljus samtidigt som mikroskop för opaka faser använder sig av påfallande ljus, ett så kallat malmmikroskop. Anledningen till att de kallas just så är för att malmineral ofta är opaka. Ett malmmineral är egentligen ett vanligt mineral men som är ekonomiskt fördelaktigt att bryta. Idag är många sulfid- och oxidmineral klassade som malmmineral. Sulfid och oxidmineral är ofta associerade med en viss typ av bildningsmiljö. Denna typ av bildningsmiljö går att finna spår av på några platser i Sverige. Bergslagen, Skelleftefältet och Norrbotten hör till dessa områden. Syftet med denna studie är att identifiera de opaka faserna som påträffats i stuffer som samlats in från Skyttgruvan och Näverbergsgruvan.

Thesis (M.S.)--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-74).

Thesis (M.Sc.)--Acadia University, 2000. / Includes 4 colour folded maps in pocket inside back cover. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-210). Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1985. / Typescript. Bibliography : leaves 211-220. Also available online.

Thesis (M.Sc.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland. / Typescript. Bibliography : leaves 70-75. Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1938. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed May 6, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72).

Svalbard represents the uplifted and exhumed northwest corner of the Barents Sea Shelf. Pre-Carboniferous rocks of Svalbard are divided into the Eastern, Northwestern and Southwestern Terranes, were amalgamated during the Caledonian Orogen and are separated by north-south-trending strike-slip faults. Even though our knowledge of Svalbard’s pre-Carboniferous history has increased dramatically during the last two decades, a major issue remains: Where did the different tectonostratigraphic terranes of Svalbard originate? The answer to this question has profound significance for the entire eastern Laurentian margin, which spans two supercontinent cycles, from the amalgamation and breakup of Rodinia to the amalgamation of Pangea. This thesis constrains the tectonothermal evolution of Svalbard’s Northwestern Terrane (NWT) using ion microprobe and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology and electron microprobe thermobarometry on metasediments, clastic rocks and granitoids. Detrital zircon age populations of metasediments from the NWT suggests that they (e.g. the Krossfjorden Group) were deposited at c. 1000 Ma in a remnant ocean basin setting outboard the Eastern Grenville Province and were subsequently deformed and intruded by Late Grenvillian granitoids during the final suturing of Rodinia. Thus, a northern branch of the Grenvillian/Sveconorwegian orogeny is not present. This older history of the NWT is extensively overprinted by Late Caledonian deformation and metamorphism, with peak metamorphic conditions of 850 °C at >6 kbars, and subsequent migmatization of the Krossfjorden Group at c. 420 Ma. Based on these data, together with the detrital zircon age population from overlying Late Silurian-Early Devonian clastic rocks, a unifying model is proposed involving fragments from the Grampian orogen and Avalonian crust originally accreted to the Laurentian margin, subsequently transported northwards along sinistral strike-slip faults during Scandian deformation. / At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Submitted. Paper 4: In press.

Den här rapporten beskriver malmbildande processer och Bergslagens malmgeologi. En beskrivning av malmmikroskopet ges tillsammans med identifikationskriterier för de mineral som påträffats i en mikroskopisk studie som gjorts på fyra stuffer från Dammen nära Dannemora, inkluderande vanliga och påträffade malmtexturer. Två av proverna analyserades med mikrosond. / This report gives a description of ore-forming processes and an introduction to Bergslagen ore-geology. The polarization microscope is described together with a number of identification-criteria of specifik minerals found during a study of four geological specimens from Dammen close to Dannemora, including a description of common ore textures. Two of the samples were also analyzed with an electon probe microanalyzer