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Crushing, Grinding, and Pulverizing Sieving Saws and Cutting Equipment Drilling and Coring Polishing and Mounting Magnetic Separation Density and Chemical Separation Microscopes and Imaging Balances
Ovens and Drying Ultrasonic Cleaning
| Equipment Name and Link | Description | Photo | Current Room | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crushing, Grinding, and Pulverizing | ||||
| Hammer Station | Steel hammer box and plate for manually breaking down whole rock samples. Variably sized hammers and chisels available. | 
| A56 | 🟢 Available |
| Retsch BB400 Jaw Crusher | Jaw crusher for crushing rock samples. | 
| A56 | 🟢 Available |
| Retsch DM400 Disc Mill | Disc mill for crushing gravel into sand. | 
| A56 | 🟢 Available |
| Retsch RS200 Vibratory Disc Mill (Shatterbox) | Ring and puck vibratory mill for pulverizing and homogenizing samples. | 
| A56 | 🟢 Available |
| Retsch MM500 Vario | Ball mill for pulverization and homogenization of small samples. | 
| A72B | 🟢 Available |
| Mortar & Pestle | Steel and ceramic mortar and pestles available for manual pulverizing of samples. | A56 | 🟢 Available | |
| Sieving | ||||
| 8-inch Diameter Sieves | Stainless steel sieves for particle-size separation. Variety of mesh sizes available. | 
| A72 | 🟢 Available |
| 3-inch Diameter Sieves | Small-format stainless steel sieves for particle-size separation. Variety of mesh sizes available. | A72 | 🟢 Available | |
| Saws and Cutting Equipment | ||||
| Covington 36" Slab Saw | Diamond blade saw for automatic slabbing of large or hard rock samples. | 
| A54 | 🔴 Not Available |
| MK Diamond Pro Tile Saw MK101 | Diamond blade saw for manual cutting of samples. Uses water as a cutting medium. | 
| A54 | 🟢 Available |
| Buehler IsoMet 1000 Precision Saw | High-precision saw for accurate sectioning of samples. | 
| A54 | 🟢 Available |
| Struers Discotom | Cut-off machine for sectioning samples. | A54 | 🔴 Not Available | |
| Struers Accutom | Precision cutting machine for delicate samples. | A04 | 🔴 Not Available | |
| Drilling and Coring | ||||
| JET 20" Floorstanding Drill Press | Large drill press for creating cores from rock samples. | 
| A54 | 🔴 Not Available |
| WEN Bench Drill | Bench drill for drilling into small-scale samples. | 
| A68 | 🔴 Not Available |
| RYOBI Bench Drill | Bench drill for micro-drilling into slabs for powderization. | 
| A68 | 🔴 Not Available |
| Polishing and Mounting | ||||
| Struers Citovac | Vacuum impregnation unit for sample mounting. | A04 | 🔴 Not Available | |
| Struers Tegramin | Grinding and polishing system for mounted samples. | A04 | 🔴 Not Available | |
| Magnetic Separation | ||||
| Frantz Magnetic Barrier Laboratory Separator | Vertical magnetic separator for precise separation of mineral grains by magnetic properties. | 
| A55 | 🟢 Available |
| Frantz Isodynamic Separator (LB-1) | Sloped magnetic separator for precise separation of mineral grains by magnetic properties. | 
| A55 | 🟢 Available |
| MAGQUIP Magnetic Separator | Magnetic separator for mineral separation of sand-sized samples. | 
| A55 | 🔴 Not Available |
| Density and Chemical Separation | ||||
| Jasper Canyon Research Zircon Separator | Shaker table for separating mineral grains by density, designed particularly for zircon concentration. | 
| A72 | 🔴 Not Available |
| Lithium Metatungstate (LMT) | High-density inorganic solution used for sink/float mineral separations. | 
| A55 | 🟢 Available |
| Methylene Iodide | High-density liquid used for sink/float separations of mineral grains. | 
| A55 | 🔴 Not Available |
| Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) | Diluted acid used to dissolve iron and iron oxides in samples. | A55 | 🟢 Available | |
| Acetic Acid (CH3COOH) | Diluted acid used to remove organic materials from samples. | A55 | 🟢 Available | |
| Nitric Acid (HNO3) | Diluted acid used to dissolve sulfides such as pyrite from samples. | A55 | 🟢 Available | |
| Microscopes and Imaging | ||||
| Zeiss Axio Imager 2 Microscope | Microscope for high-precision imaging. | 
| A04 | 🔴 Not Available |
| Zeiss Discovery Microscope | Basic microscope for quick checks of samples and picking. | 
| A04 | 🔴 Not Available |
| Balances | ||||
| Sartorius Cubis II Microbalance | High-resolution balance for accurate determination of the mass of materials in liquid, paste, powder, or solid form. | 
| A55 | 🟢 Available |
| Ovens and Drying | ||||
| Fisher Scientific IsoTemp 100L Gravity Oven | Oven for drying samples. | A55 | 🟢 Available | |
| Hamilton Built-In Drying Oven | Oven for drying equipment and bulk samples. | A55 | 🟢 Available | |
| Cole-Parmer Forced Air Drying Oven | Forced-air oven for drying small parts and cleaned equipment. | A72B | 🟢 Available | |
| Ultrasonic Cleaning | ||||
| VWR Ultrasonic | Ultrasonic bath for high-precision equipment cleaning. | A72 | 🟢 Available | |
| Branson Ultrasonic | Ultrasonic bath for high-precision equipment cleaning. | A55 | 🟢 Available | |
| Vevor Ultrasonic Cleaner | Ultrasonic cleaner for cleaning small parts and equipment. | A72B | 🟢 Available | |