• standard stainless sieves (2, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125, 0.063, 0.038mm) and sieve shaker
• 5 settling tubes complete with 5 hydrometers and water tank with automatic control of water temperature (Eijkelkamp, NL)

• comercial calcimeter using volumetric method  (Eijkelkamp, NL) for 5 simultaneous analyses
• furnance for CaCO3 determination using calcination method

• CL8200 MK3A, cathodoluminiscence device (CITL, UK)
• Nikon E400 polarizing microscope equipped with digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 950) and long working distance objectives (Nikon, Optoteam, AT)

Fluid inclusions: 

• Heating/freezing stage, temperature range -196° to 600°C (Linkam, THMSG 600)
  coupled with
• Nikon E400 (see above)

• polarizing microscopes (Nikon, Olympus, Amplival)
• stereomicroscope (Zeiss)
• thin section preparation (Struers)
• staining methods for carbonate minerals (Alizarin Red S, K Ferricyanide, Titan yellow)
• standard and sequential peels preparation