Why Petrolab?
Mineralogical analysis
- Identification and quantification of valuable and gangue minerals in ores
- Automated Mineralogy (Bulk Modal Analysis, Deportment, Detailed Liberation, GSD, Associations, Theoretical Mineral Liberation, Particle Images)
- Ore characterisation
- Predicting the behaviour of minerals during ore processing
- Mineralogical description and quantitative analysis of mill products
Petrographic analysis
- Examination of concrete, mortar and render to identify degradation factors.
- Examination of rock, aggregate, building stone and slate.
- Mundic Screening Tests for building structures suspected of containing ‘mundic’ concrete.
Sample preparation
Petrolab offers a materials preparation service producing petrographic thin sections from samples and specimens of
- rock
- aggregate
- fossil / coral
- concrete and other similar materials
We operate the first Pelcon Automatic Thin Section Machine in the UK, which produces high quality thin sections.
Our Clients
Petrolab has provided a wide range of services to industry leading clients including:
Latest News
Mineralogic 101 – Complex Outputs
This is the last in the series of Mineralogic 101 posts looking at the complex data outputs that are available for the thorough visualisation of liberation, association and grain-size information.
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Comminution 2018
Petrolab and iMin Solution Director James Strongman will be presenting at Grinding Solutions pre-conference Seminar at the Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town on April 15th, talking about “Mineralogy, Metallurgy and the Mine Site”
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