Department of Mineralogy

 

Infrastructure
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Clean air chemical laboratory

Thermal Ionization mass spectrometry – TRITON

Thermal Ionization mass spectrometry – MAT262

Noble Gas mass spectrometry – ARGUS

Noble Gas mass spectrometry – NOBLESSE

Fission Track dating laboratory

Raman microspectrometry laboratory

Fluid inclusion microthermometry laboratory

Particle characterization laboratory

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics laboratory

X-ray diffractometry

Thin and polished sectioning laboratory

XRF preparation

Mineral separation facilities

ICP-MS

UNIL

 

Noble Gas mass spectrometry – ARGUS

Multi-collector (four high gain, 1012Ω Faraday collectors, and one 1011Ω Faraday collector) gas source ARGUS mass spectrometer from GVInstruments, dedicated to 40Ar/39Ar analyses. The facility is equipped with a furnace and CO2-IR laser.

ARGUS

Contact: Dr. Richard Spikings, Tel. +41 22 379 31 76, richard.spikings@unige.ch

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