RockHound™ Hand-Held Geologic Field Spectrometer
Winner of the R&D 100 Award 2006
Try the RockHound™ for rock and mineral identification. Raman spectroscopy is the method for rapid and non-destructive mineral identification. The RockHound™ is a portable, handheld field analysis spectrometer which takes Raman spectroscopy beyond a laboratory setting. A library with approximately 100 samples is used to aid students, professors and researchers in the identification of unknown rocks, minerals and soils. The RockHound™ is the only portable Raman spectrometer dedicated to the geological sciences.
Applications
- Characterization of inclusions embedded in a geological matrix
- Identification of daughter minerals and other organic components within geological materials
- Molecular structure of stoichiometry studies
- Assays for inorganic and organic components in liquids
- Classification and authentification of gemstones
Features and Specifications
- Solids: point and shoot attachment
- Liquids: sample cell attachment for 8mm vials, NMR tubes, or MP tubes
- Microscopy: optional microscope attachment (NuScope™)
- Portability
- Weighs under 5 lbs
- Remote trigger
- Wireless Blue Tooth connectivity (or USB)
- Battery powered with 5 hours of continuous use
- Instrument specifications:
- Laser: 120 mW 785 nm
- Resolution: 8 cm-1
- Spectral range: 200– 2000 cm-1 optional 100-2000cm-1
- PC and Software:One year parts and labor warranty
- Laptop PC
- NuSpec™ Software and library development software
- Mineral library with over 500 spectra
