Our laboratory at MSU is equipped to prepare and load samples for high-pressure experiments up to 2+ Mbar:
- Binocular microscope
- Electronic discharge machining microdrill
- Spectrometer for ruby fluorescence pressure calibration
- Diamond anvil cells
- Mao-type symmetric
- 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