Perlite Testing
Lab Manager - James M. Barker
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.
Prices:
Standard Test @ $150 per sample (includes sample preparation; 50 or more $125 each)
- Expand (1300° F, -50+100 mesh feed)
- Expanded Density
- Furnace Yield
- Brightness
- Sinkers
- Sieve of Expanded Perlite
Additional Tests
- Pennfield Water @ $50
- Crystalline Silica @ $100 (sorry, temporararily unavailable)
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:
