Earth Materials Teaching Facilities
Teaching facilities for earth materials include:
- Rigaku Miniflex II X-ray diffractometer
- A suite of 12 teaching petrographic microscopes
- A suite of teaching binocular microscopes
- One Nikon SRM 1270 stereoscope with video capabilities
- One Olympus BH2 polarizing microscope with video capabilities
- Rock crushing and cutting equipment
- Thin sectioning and polishing equipment
- Balances
- An extensive mineral and rock collection
- An extensive thin section collection