Earth Materials Laboratory

The Earth Materials Research Laboratory at Highlands maintains a GBC Mini Materials Analyzer (powder x-ray diffractometer), Franz Magnetic Separator, a Vreeland Spectroscope, five Bausch and Lomb binocular plane light microscopes, and six petrographic microscopes and accessories, including a Prior Scientific automated point counter and mechanical stage. Highlands also maintains a complete rock-cutting laboratory with a slab saw, two trim saws, various grinding wheels, a magnetic separator, a rock tumbler, and a rock splitter.