TABLE OF CONTENTS | AAS | Atomic absorption spectrometry | |
| AD | Anno Domini | |
| AES | Atomic emission spectroscopy | |
| AGLAE | Accelerateur Grand Louvre d'Analyse Elementaire | |
| AMS | Accelerator mass spectrometry | |
| BC | Before Christ | |
| BP | Before Present: BP = current year ? year AD, or current year + year | |
| CARS | Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering | |
| CCD | Charge-coupled device | |
| CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | |
| DMTA | Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis | |
| DRIFTS | Diffuse reflection infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy | |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry | |
| DTA | Differential thermal analysis | |
| ED | Energy-dispersive | |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive spectroscopy/spectrometer | |
| EDX | Energy-dispersive X-ray | |
| EDXRF | Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence | |
| EMP | Electron microprobe | |
| EMPA | Electron microprobe analysis | |
| EPXMA | Electron probe micro-analysis | |
| FORS | Fibre optics reflectance spectroscopy | |
| FT | Fourier transform | |
| FT-IR | Fourier transform infrared | |
| FT-Raman | Fourier transform Raman | |
| FT-RS | Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy | |
| FWHH | Full width at half height | |
| FWHM | Full width at half maximum | |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry | |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography | |
| HPHT | High-pressure, high temperature | |
| ICP | Inductively coupled plasma | |
| ICP-AES | Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy | |
| ICP-MS | Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry | |
| ICP-OES | Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy | |
| IMA | International Mineralogical Association | |
| IR | Infrared | |
| IRM | Immobile Raman microscope | |
| IUGS | International Union of Geological Sciences | |
| JCPDS | Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards | |
| LIBS | Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy | |
| LIFS |
