Our laboratory at MSU is equipped to prepare and load samples for high-pressure experiments up to 2+ Mbar:

• Leica binocular microscopes
• MicroSupport micromanipulator
• Hylozoic electronic discharge machining microdrill
• AlmaxEasyLab spectrometer for ruby fluorescence pressure calibration (450 nm LED)
• Raman microscope/spectrometer (532 nm, 250 mW laser; Princeton Instruments SP-2500 spectrometer and PIXIS CCD)
• Diamond anvil cells
  • Mao-type symmetric
  • BX-90
  • mini BX-80
  • modified panoramic BX-90
  • panoramic

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences also houses facilities including

• a lapidary laboratory with rock, thin section, and precision saws and polishing wheels
• fusing laboratory for glass synthesis
• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
• laser ICP-MS
• extremophile microbiology laboratory (including kbar pressure cells)

Other facilities at MSU:

• Composite Materials and Structures Center: Focused ion beam, Raman spectroscopy, and more (College of Engineering)
• Center for Crystallographic Research: Single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction facility run by the Department of Chemistry
• Center for Advanced Microscopy: Scanning and transmission electron microscopy (MSU core facility)
• Physics and Astronomy Machine Shop
• Fraunhofer center for diamond growth