This report presents the results of heavy mineral and geochemical analyses conducted on glacial sediment samples collected in northwest Alberta. This study was undertaken as part of a collaborative project between the Alberta Geological Survey (Alberta Energy and Utilities Board) and the Geological Survey of Canada (Natural Resources Canada) originally designed to assess the regional occurrence of kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs) in glacial deposits.

The extraordinary growth of the computer and semiconductor industries and the increasing consumption of indium in these technologies in recent years have placed major constraints on current and future reserves of this metal. In the past, geoscientists have noticed the occurrence of indium in a large variety of ore deposits and detailed geochemical and mineralogical work is available for a few examples. However, despite the current technological interest, there is no comprehensive textbook that deals with all aspects of indium mineralization and economics.

This handbook has grown out of the lectures the author has giren at the Faculty of Sciences at Charles University. It takes into consideration the world literature on the subject and the work done by Czech and Slovak economic geologists since the establishment of centralized geological servioe in Czechoslovakia in 1952; these results were published in scientific journals, archive reports, and especially in monographs on the industrial minerals <...>

Kaolin is a commercial term used to describe white clay composed essentially of kaolinite, Al&010(OH)g. The term is typically used to refer to both the raw clay and the refined commercial product. This manual describes the laboratory assessment of ‘non-plastic’ kaolin (sometimes known as china clay); plastic kaolinitic clays (or ball clay) are dealt with elsewhere in this series of manuals. Although originally valued for use in the manufacture of whiteware ceramics, the principal use of kaolin is now in the filling and coating of paper. The mineral is also used to a lesser extent as a filler in paint, rubber and plastics, as well as in a wide range of other applications. Kaolins are distinguished from other clays by whiteness, and fine, controllable particle size. It is generally necessary to process kaolin from the crude state in order to optimise these highly commercial properties <...>