Key activities
- optical microscopic examination of thin sections of rocks and artificial materials. This type of research includes:
- qualitative and quantitative determination of the mineral composition;
- definition of structures and textures;
- definition of structures voids;
- study of gas-liquid inclusions in minerals and rocks, which allows to carry out the reconstruction of physical and chemical parameters and conditions paleotemperatures mineralization.
- radiographic study of minerals, rocks and man-made materials. This type of research includes:
- qualitative and quantitative mineralogical analysis;
- classification of the structure of crystalline minerals and other substances;
- assessment of the real structure (defects, crystallinity), minerals, and other amorphous and crystalline materials.
- the study of phase transitions and thermal transformations of minerals and substances in the temperature range 20-1400 oC.
- thermal analysis of minerals, rocks and plastic. This type of analysis includes:
- study of thermo-physical properties of minerals, rocks, artificial materials;
- study of thermo-physical properties of fluids, including hydrocarbons;
- QC artificial materials.
