Abstract
A procedure is developed to determine the area sample required of polished sections of an abundant mineral in rock form to assess for presence of inbedded particles of a rare mineral, occurring in particulate form, with a prechosen probability level.
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Grassia, A. “Discovery” sampling in geological research—Part II. Math Geol 18, 323–328 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898035
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898035