Figure 1

LIBS-system. (A) The LIBS-System workstation featuring the sample chamber (behind green glass). The laser is encased in red at the rear of the sample chamber, and its beam focused onto a location chosen via a viewing camera on the top of the sample chamber, also encased in red. (B) View of the open sample chamber. The laser beam enters from the top and is focused on the surface of the sample, represented by the horizontally positioned section of the mollusc shell.