Sample preparation

Rock cutting and polishing suite that includes a variety of diamond saws, a thin section cut-off saw, grinding wheels, slab polisher, and impregnation equipment for thin section and mineral mount preparation.
A dedicated rock crushing and first-stage mineral separation suite including jaw crusher, rotary disc mill, rock splitter and shaker sieves.
Rock powdering facility including a ball mill and Shatterbox with alumina, steel and agate grinding vessels for geochemical powder preparation.
Carpco magnetic roller separator.
Frantz Isodynamic magnetic barrier separator.
Dedicated exhausted fume hood for LMT, bromoform and MEI-based heavy liquid separations.
Stereo-zoom binocular microscope workstations (x3).
Petrographic microscope for characterisation of thin sections.
Scanning electron microscope with BSE detector and CL imaging.
High-power ultrasonication for cleaning of clay-rich samples.
Dedicated fume hood for HF, HNO3 and HCl leaching of minerals and rocks.
Rotary evaporation for heavy liquid/acetone reclamation.

COMING SOON: Selfrag selective fragmentation laboratory system. The Lab uses a SELFRAG high voltage discharges to fragment batches of material and liberate individual components from the whole, whether rock or electronic waste. The Lab is self-contained, compact, and constructed in Switzerland to meet all EU health and safety regulations. The Lab system is ideal for use in geosciences, mining and recycling research.