Applied Petrography
Director: Maria Pia Riccardi
Sede: Via Ferrata 9 (Floors G and A, Laboratory Arvedi - Pavia)
Main equipment:
- Polarized light petrographic microscopes with stereoscopic vision
- Portable polarizing microscopes with UV and IR light
- Portable colorimeter
- Computer for data and image collection, storage, and processing
- Workstation equipped for sanding and polishing
- Sieves for particle size separation of specimens
- Ultrasonic bath, precision balances, electric plates, various glassware
- Tabletop saw and vacuum embedding system
- Traditional furnaces and cylinder furnaces
Activities performed:
The Laboratory consists of two areas. The first, on Floor G, is designed for non-invasive and microinvasive observation of artifacts and/or thin sections and embedded specimens using optical microscopy; The second, on Floor A, is dedicated to the macroscopic study of samples and their preparation for observation using various analytical techniques.
Product Types:
Preparation and study of natural and synthetic materials, both current and historical.
Resin-embedded materials, cross-sections, polished thin sections, separate samples and powders of stone artifacts, rocks, archaeological finds, micro-samples from historical and archaeological artifacts.
Production of laboratory replicas, synthetic materials, treatment of stone materials and historic buildings.
The Laboratory is equipped for:
Bachelor's theses, Doctoral theses, Teaching exercises for the Master's Degree in Geosciences for Sustainable Development, Third-party services with a reference price list, and Other third-party services.