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

 

Thin and polished sectioning laboratory

Laboratory equipped for sawing and sectioning of rocks: thin sections (30 µm) for microscopical investigation in transmitted light, both covered and polished; polished sections for microscopy of opaque minerals in reflected light, double-side polished sections for fluid inclusion studies.

Thin and polished sectioning laboratory

Contact: Prof. Michael Dungan: Tel +41 22 379 66 30, michael.dungan@unige.ch

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