DataView is the data presentation software that enables our consultants and clients to examine, process, present and store the quantitative mineralogical data generated by the MLA measurement software. The program combines pixel (image) data with the elemental composition and densities of the identified minerals to produce a variety of mineralogical data.

The data provided includes:  modal mineralogy, calculated assay, elemental distributions, elemental and mineral grade recoveries, particle and mineral grain size distributions, particle density distributions, mineral associations and locking, phase specific surface area (PSSA) and mineral liberation by particle composition and free surface.

Both tabular and standard graphical representations of the data are available. Combination and comparison of data sets are available, as well as the ability to select particle populations through filtering and to manage mineral lists via grouping.

Filtering

Filtering enables the creation of subsets of a particle population stored within a particle database according to given criteria. The criteria currently available are filtering by particle size, density, and shape, as well as mineral and elemental weight composition. For example a filter of 'density > 3.0' would create a subset of all particles with a calculated density of greater than 3.0. All the analyses offered by DataView can then be performed on this subset.

Grouping

As the list of minerals identified by an MLA analysis can be extensive and can contain many minor minerals of little consequence to an analysis, a grouping function allows mineral groups to be defined and be further treated as an individual mineral phases. The figure below illustrates how the copper sulphides in a mineral list have been grouped and used to display the theoretical grade recoveries of three measured size fractions in a feed sample.