Mineralogical

analysis and reporting on metalliferous ores, gold and PGM, industrial minerals, slags and contaminants.

Materials

analysis and reporting on rocks, aggregates, building stone, slate, concrete, render and mortar.

Mundic Property Search

Since 1991, Petrolab has completed thousands of concrete screening tests on properties throughout Cornwall. Search our database and and see if your property is one of those tested.

Sample Preparation

Preparation of petrographic thin sections from samples and specimens of rock, aggregate, concrete and other similar materials.

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

Petrolab are Proud Sponsors of #ProcessMineralogy2018

by Chris Brough | Nov 1, 2018

Petrolab are proud sponsors of Process Mineralogy 2018 in Cape Town this month and have the privilege of presenting both at a pre-conference workshop and within the main conference.

Last week saw the visit of Bruker to fit our second EDS detector (the xFlash 6|60) and upgrade the analytical software. The additional detector allows Petrolab to acquire spectra simultaneously on two detectors reducing the time required to reach an acceptable level of counts for mineral identification. There are further added benefits in improving edge effect analysis and allowing more versatile analysis options on samples with topography. Finally, the software upgrade from Esprit 1.9 to 2.1 for the Bruker software brings added power and utility for element mapping and quantification. All-in-all the upgrades are an exciting development for Petrolab allowing us to increase sample throughput, analyse a wider range of sample morphologies and with greater analytical versatility on point & shoot job requirements. ... read more

Petrolab welcomes Libby Rose

by Chris Brough | Jul 5, 2018

Petrolab are delighted to welcome Libby Rose. Libby has a First-Class Honours degree in Geology and was awarded a MSc with Distinction in Mining Geology at Camborne School of Mines in 2017. She went on to complete an internship at CSIRO on their CMR Discovery Internship Program in Perth, WA. Here she studied the hyperspectral infrared spectral data from multiple komatiite drill holes hosting nickel, and then carried out and compared Tornado x-ray fluorescence element mapping, scanning electron microscopy, and more detailed infrared microscopy.... read more

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