GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL XRF LAB SAMPLE SUBMISSION FORM

 

Name:
Address/Affiliation:

Phone:
E-mail address:

SITE LOCATION INFORMATION

It is useful to include the site location, chronology, and any other pertinent information in order to properly assign the artifacts to source. If source samples are being submitted for analysis, please include as precise provenience information as possible including, but not limited to: State, county, USGS Quad, Range and Township, UTM coordinates, and the geological environment including probable secondary deposits, alluvial samples, samples from lava (bedrock). Please submit a general location map for both sites and/or sources.

SAMPLE PREPARATION AND SELECTION

Samples should be washed and be as clean as possible. Extremely dirty samples may be returned for cleaning, since we are not prepared to clean the samples in most cases. Samples should be individually bagged and NOT numbered on the artifact (call if labeled).  Call with questions. One artifact per bag or we charge $.05 per bag for each bag we supply.  The optimal sample size is 10 mm in smallest diameter and 3 mm thick, but samples as small as 5mm in smallest diameter and 1mm thick can be analyzed without significant error in most regions. Call or e-mail if you have a question.

PER SAMPLE RATES, Obsidian:    1-20 = $20.00 per sample; 21-n = $18.00 per sample                                             

                                   Number of obsidian samples for XRF analysis ($55.00 minimum charge): ____________ X $sample size = __________  

Number of rock samples for oxide analyses: ____________ X $35.00 = ___________

Shipping costs (see web page: http://swxrflab.net/labfees.htm) ___________

Gross receipts tax (NM businesses only without a NCTT) at 6.3125% of total ________________

                                                                                                            TOTAL ___________

(Let me see the cost list again)

All samples will be returned via Priority Mail unless otherwise notified.

Send to:

M. Steven Shackley, Ph.D.

Geoarchaeological XRF Laboratory

8100 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Suite M4-158

Albuquerque, NM 87113-1946

(510) 393-3931

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Date last edited: 11 February 2023