Ores and minerals
Ores & Minerals division of Lucid laboratories pvt ltd, has staff with over 35 years of experience in the service of Minerals industry. They are known to provide efficient, independent, affordable Quality analysis to the clients. These skilled experts are provided with the state of the art facilities for their wide range of services and capabilities to deliver and face the complex challenges in the field. It is with great pride that, we at Lucid Laboratories, would like to project the efficiency of our personnel to extend their services to inspection, analytical testing and advisory services to the minerals and their exploration works and several ores and mining industries. The materials that include our inspection are precious metals, base metals and their raw content such as iron ore, bauxite, coal and coke including bulk commodities. We also undertake conducting environmental monitoring and trade-related inspection and services.
Lucid Laboratories offers the following services:
- Sample preparation for the mineral samples
- Environmental services for the minerals
- Analysis of different grades of ores
- Mineral laboratories at mine site
- Analysis of Precious metals
- Geochemistry related exploration works
- Inspection and testing of coal samples
- Consulting services for the minerals
- Inspection and survey of the minerals
Apart from the classical lead collection fire assay
- Nickel sulphide collection fire assay
- Screen fire assay
- Aqua regia digest
- Accelerated cyanide leaches or
- Bulk leach extractable gold sampling techniques and tools are also available for specific purposes.
Minerals Testing Parameters
In addition to the principle element in the ores the following parameters are analysed
Loss on ignition | Sodium oxide |
Silica | Potassium oxide |
Iron oxide | Phosphorous pentoxide |
Alumina | Barium oxide Sulphates |
Titania | Chlorides |
Calcium oxide | Water and Acid soluble elements |
Magnesium oxide | pH |
Manganese oxide Water soluble elements | Electrical conductivity |
Coal & Coke
Minerals and Ores Testing Protocols
- International Standards (ISO)
- Indian Standards (IS)
- American Standards (ASTM)
- Standard Reference Books - IBM
- Minerals and Ores Services
Types of Products Tested
- Ceramic Materials
- Kaolin (China Clay)
- Ball Clay
- Fire Clay
- Wollastonite
- Building Stones
- Granite
- Syenite
- Limestone
- Basalt; Sandstone
- Quartzite
- Talc
- Slate
- Laterite
- Cement Raw materials
- Gypsum
- Limestone
- Coal Ash
- Refractory
- Clay
- Bauxite
- Iron Ore
- Sillimanite
- Kaynite
- Andalusite
- Abrasive materials
- Graphite
- Emery Grains
- Aluminum Ores
- Gibbsite
- Gibbsite
- Diaspore
- Boehmite
- Magnesium Ores
- Magnesite
- Molybednum Ores
- Molybdnite
- Wulfenite
- Zirconium Ores
- Zirconite
- Hyacinth
- Copper Ores
- Chalcocite
- Chalcophyrite
- Bornite
- Coverllite
- Azurite
- Malachite
- Lead Ores
- Cerussite
- Anglesite
- Galena
- Zinc Ores
- Sphalerite
- Smithsonite
- Hemimorphite
- Willemite
- Franklinite
- Mineral Pigments
- Hematite
- Chromite
- Fertilizer Minerals
- Limonite
- Apatite
- Rock Phosphate
- Asbestos
- Tremolite
- Anthophylite
- Actinolite
- MICA
- Chrysolite
- Amosite
- Crocidolite
- TALC
- Iron Ores
- Magnetite
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Siderite
- Maganese Ores
- Braunite
- Polianite
- Maganite
- Pyrolusite
- Rhodonite
- Rhodocrsite
- Hausmannite
- Hollandite
- Jacobsite