Perlite Testing
Lab Managers - Gretchen Hoffman
The NMBGMR provides perlite analyses for industry, government, and the public through the perlite laboratory, an applied-research and public-service facility. The lab tests both crude perlite and expanded perlite from many locations and deposits. The perlite laboratory is the only readily accessible perlite testing facility in the United States.
Tests:
(Minimum of 3 samples preferred.)
Standard Test: (includes sample preparation):
- Expansion (-50 +100 mesh feed at 1300°)
- Expanded Density
- Furnace Yield
- Brightness
- Sinkers
Additional Tests on expanded perlite samples:
- Partial Sieve analyses (20, 100, pan)
- Full Sieve analyses (20,30,50,70,100,140,pan)
Please contact us to get current pricing and for questions regarding our lab.
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources — Perlite Lab
New Mexico Tech
801 Leroy Place
Socorro NM 87801-4796
Phone: (575) 835-5640
Fax: (575) 835-6333
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801-4796
information: (575) 835-5420
fax: (575) 835-6333
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources is a research and service division of:
