Abstract
This paper reviews recent trend in analytical approach in mineralogy based on the presentations at the micro symposium on mineral analysis at the annual meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Japan. There were 9 oral and 7 poster presentations, which included several new approaches such as XANES analysis of Ce in geochemically important samples, PIXIE analysis of fluid inclusion, mineralogical identification by EBSD as well as conventional approaches. The former approach emphasizes on application of new methodology while the latter one emphasizes scientific finding from specific samples of interest using well-established techniques. It is concluded that the advance of instrumental analytical techniques open a new door of the mineral Kingdom in both fields.
