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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Sample Preparation Laboratory Core Facility (Geochemistry)

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Primary Contact:

Alex Grande

Last Updated: 10/06/2023

Facility RRID

RRID:SCR_023258

Facility Details

Provides guidance, access, and hands-on training for rock preparation, equipment uses, and mineral separation techniques. The most common uses are Powdering samples for geochemical or isotopic analysis;Cutting/drilling/coring rocks for geophysical analysis or generating thin section billets;Separation of zircon and apatite from quartz and feldspar;Soil and/or sediment sieving.