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Maia Mapper targets high definition imaging of element distribution in geological samples, such as drill core and large polished rock slabs, at spatial scales between the traditional realms of X-ray microanalysis and imaging, at the (sub)micron to mm scale, and the macroscale, typically sampled in the geological environment by bulk sampling at the meter scale. It uses focused X-rays from a laboratory micro-focus source and builds on the success of the Maia detector array in geology [1] to achieve imaging of up to ~80 M pixels over a 500 × 150 mm sample area, as part of the analytical workflow of the Advanced Resource Characterization Facility, which spans spatial scales from ore deposit to atomic scales.