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Identifying Minerals Associated with Potash

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Identifying Minerals Associated with Potash

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Potassium is a key ingredient in soil fertilizer that improves soil nutrient values, water retention and disease resistance in agricultural crops. Potash ore is the source for potassium in fertilizer and is associated with the minerals sylvite, carnallite, halite, kainite and anhydrite. Potash is mined from sub-surface deposits by conventional shaft mining techniques Identifying minerals associated with potash is key for successful mining efforts. Samples from a Canadian mine were scanned with an oreXpress field spectrometer with EZ -ID mineral identification software.

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