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Nelson R. Shaffer

Title:

Section Head, Coal and Industrial Minerals

Section:

Coal and Industrial Minerals

Phone Number:

(812) 855-2687

Specialties/Duties:

mineralogy, shale, oil shale, MVT deposits, limestone, meteorites, geochemistry, X-ray diffraction, depositional setting of coal, low sulfur coal, coal mineral matter, alternate use of coal, biotechnology, black shales, scrubber stone, geophysical methods, coal ash/high value, coal ash leaching, archaeology, underclays

EMail Address:

Other Pages:

Friends of Mineralogy


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Indiana Geological Survey
Indiana University
611 North Walnut Grove
Bloomington, IN 47405-2208

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(812) 855-2862

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