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It is then necessary to reassess the potential of such metals in Europe. For the exploration of strategic metals, portable XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) and LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) are powerful techniques allowing their multi-elementary analysis. This paper presents a database providing more than 2000 pXRF data and more than 4000 pLIBS spectra acquired on minerals from the Mineralogy and Petrology Museum of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), selected based on their potential in bearing strategic metals. The combination of these two portable techniques, along with expanding dataset on strategic metal-rich minerals, provides valuable insights into strategic metal affinities and demonstrates the effectiveness of portable tools for exploring strategic raw materials. 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