Acknowledgements

Who funded this

I have been personally funded by K.H. Renlund foundation and KAUTE-foundation. Big thanks! As a group we have been funded by the Research Council of Finland and Business Finland. The grant funding has granted me true freedom to do the research I want to do. I wish every researcher could have that.

Significant affiliations

I have ties to Lumo Analytics Oy that sells LIBS imaging/measurement services.

Who worked on this

These pages are written by Ilkka Laine and show work the work of: Ilkka Laine, Lasse Kangas, Jussi Leveinen, Luis Huaman, Aalto University Department of Civil Engineering personnel, Lumo Analytics Oy personnel, Geological Survey of Finland personnel, and many others.

Thanks to

• Everyone mentioned above

• Everyone else who worked with me

• The University of Edinburgh for REE samples

• The mining companies who have helped with constant feedback and lots of samples and measurement campaigns done together.

• You if you are reading this :)