Workflow in AMICS

classification in amics is based on classifying the collected unknown spectra to a list of known "mineral" reference spectra a classification method (formally "oretype") can be defined as a selection of material definitions (minerals) known to be or likely to occur in a sample along with all of the collected classification settings and steps required to classify unknowns into those definitions in amics, unknowns can be classified in one of three ways matching between unknowns and reference spectra spectrum tree steps that allow hierarchical logic to be applied to classify spectra rules based touch up steps each classification method contains the list of material definitions, all associated reference spectra, the methods used to match them, the order to apply the methods, and any groupings to be applied before starting sample analysis, knowing the sample, i e , what type of rock/material is investigated and the expected minerals, is highly recommended with this knowledge, a classification method ("oretype") can be selected, or a new method can be defined in the mineral standard tabs of either amics process or amics investigator the main functions of the mineral standard tabs in both amics investigator and amics process are to set up and maintain user classification methods (oretypes) that can be used on multiple samples and shared between users when connected to an sem or m4, it is also used to collect x ray spectra directly from a sample for reference spectra