Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Geological Division in Banská Bystrica, Laboratory of mineral separation and sample preparation

Type of services provided

• Solid sample cutting, crushing, grinding and homogenization using slab saw (Vinci Technologies), jaw crusher, disc mill (Fritsch Pulverisette 13) and agate ball mill (Fritsch Pulverisette 6)
• Wet and dry sieving and grain size analysis (Fritsch Analysette 3)
• Mineral separation and concentration including gravitational methods, water table, Frantz® Model LB-1 magnetic separator and heavy liquid separating station
• Clay minerals separation
• Preparation of thin sections, polished thin sections and doubly polished wafers using vacuum sample impregnator Buehler Cast n’ Vac 1000, high precision saw Buehler IsoMet® 4000, thin sectioning system Buhler PetroThin and polishing machine Buehler AutoMet® 250
• Extraction of microfossils from sedimentary rocks

Research infrastructure/service category

• Slab saw (Vinci Technologies)
• Jaw crusher
• Disc mill (Fritsch Pulverisette 13)
• Agate ball mill (Fritsch Pulverisette 6)
• Frantz® Model LB-1 magnetic separator
• Vacuum sample impregnator Buehler Cast n’ Vac 1000
• High precision saw Buehler IsoMet® 4000 controlled by microprocessor
• Thin sectioning system Buhler PetroThin
• Polishing machine Buehler AutoMet® 250