Geology Laboratory
Our Geology laboratory is professional and purpose-built, consisting of two specialized sections: the Geological Sample Lab and the Petrography Lab. The labs are well-equipped with a diverse collection of crystal models, mineral, rock, and fossil specimens alongside modern analytical tools, such as Petrological Polarizing Microscopes, to help students explore the Earth's composition and history through hands-on study. It is designed to aid and guide students in identifying physical properties and microscopic characteristics, analyzing structural features, and drawing geological inferences while experimenting.
Lab Instruments Includes:
- Polarizing (Petrological) Microscope
- Compensator
- Goniometer
- Opisometer
- Brunton Compass
- Clinometer
Included activities in the lab:
- Crystallographic analysis and symmetry identification using wooden crystal models
- Petrographic characterization of rocks (Megascopic & Microscopic)
- Hands-on recognition of rock-forming and ore-forming minerals, and their economic assessment
- Geological map interpretation and subsurface structural cross-section profiling, Stereonet analysis for structural orientation and tectonic data interpretation
- Palaeontological documentation of fossil morphology
- Fluvial morphometry, sinuosity analysis, and drainage density calculations
- Geospatial and Remote Sensing applications in terrain analysis
- Support for dissertation, project work, and research-based training in Geology
Glimpse of our Lab
