Equipment and Facilities
Equipment
- Two X-ray Diffractometers:
- Philips Theta-2Theta instrument
- Panalytical Theta-Theta instruments
- Scanning Electron Microscope: Leo 1430VP
- Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer: Oxford Instrument, Aztec and Inca software
- Gold sputter coater and graphite evaporator
- Buehler Minimet sample polisher for SEM/EDS
- Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer: Perkin Elmer 1100B
- Dionex Ion Chromatograph DX 120
- Delta-Nu Portable Raman Spectrometer for Mineral identification
- Hach DR2000 Spectrophotometer
- Polarizing Microscopes: 15 Leitz petrographic microscopes for student use
- Five research grade Petrographic Microscopes:
- (2) Nikon (trinocular), Leitz and Olympus (Transmitted and Reflected light capability)
- (2) Meiji Techno RZ binocular Microscopes
- Olympus SZ60 zoom binocular photographic microscope
- 28 various student stereo zoom binocular microscopes
- Braun Chipmunk Rock Crusher
- Two Hydraulic Rock Splitters
- Large Centrifuge
- Sonic Dismembrator
- Muffle Furnace: Ney 2-525
- Nikon Digital Camera D200
- Olympus EOS D60 Digital Camera
- Sony HD Video Camera
- Geiger Counter
- Ultraviolet lamps
- Diamond Rock Saws
- 8 inch Buhler diamond polishing unit
- Paulin Altimeter
- Thin Section Equipment
- Geometrix G858 Cesium Vapor Magnetometer
- Scintrex Proton Precession Magnetometer
- Mala Ground Penetrating Radar
- Geometrix ES3000 12 channel portable seismic unit
- 5 Trimble Geoxm GPS units
- Pentax PX-06D Infrared Theodolite
- ISCO Automatic Water Sampler
- 2 Water flow meters
- Spex Industries Ball Mill
- 13 telescopic alidade and plane table units
- 3 Topcon Stereo Viewers
- Department Computer Lab with 20 Dell GX280 Computers
- HP Designjet 800ps 42 inch color plotter
- HP 5500 Color Printer
- Two 15 Passenger Vans