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.