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

 

Raman microspectrometry laboratory

Labram microspectrometer equipped with a green laser (532 nm) and a red laser (632 nm) for identification of minerals and gas species in fluid inclusions. Calibrated for quantitative analyses of CO2-CH4-N2 mixtures.

Raman

Contact: Dr Robert Moritz, Tel +41 22 379 66 33,  robert.moritz@unige.ch

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