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

 

X-ray diffractometry

Our X-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument is a Philips X’pert, equipped with a PW3710 MPD diffractometer control unit and a PW3020 vertical goniometer. It includes an automatic sample changer, and is used routinely for phase identification and quality control.

X-Ray diffractometry

Contact: Prof. Lluis Fontboté, Tel. +41 22 379 66 22, lluis.fontbote@unige.ch

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