Our Company

Many geoscientists are using the technical and professional services of VANCOUVER PETROGRAPHICS LTD. Try us and experience a service that can be oriented to your distinct needs.

Quality, speed and courtesy are our specialty. Professional services are provided by four highly qualified petrographers, technical services by five experienced technicians with an average of 15 years with Vancouver Petrographics. This lab has been in business since 1972 and presently turns out 20,000 to 30,000 sections per year. With this history and volume come experience in handling just about any rock or industrial mineral one could think of.

Our client list includes: the Geological Surveys of both Canada and the U.S.A and their respective provincial and state surveys, universities from all over the world including Queens, Victoria, British Columbia, Calgary, Manitoba, Regina, McMaster, Ottawa, Toronto, McGill, California, Massachusetts, Indiana, Indiana State, Tennessee, Yale, Iowa, Georgia, Texas, Alaska, Wisconsin, Copenhagen,Western Australia, Brazil, Athens, Geneva, France and Germany; and approximately 1000 public companies including many senior mining companies.

Our Executives

Jim Vinnell (President)

My expertise in this industry first started in 1965 while working at Anaconda Mines, Britannia Beach, B.C. as an Engineering Clerk. Later, I became the Head Research Technician at Anaconda's New Geological Laboratory. During the next seven years, I trained not only as a Laboratory Technician, but as a Geological Field Assistant as well. In 1972. I incorporated this training and background into what is now the highly successful Vancouver Petrographics Ltd Company.

In the years since incorporating, the company has developed techniques in the preparation of sections of unusual materials such as soluble minerals, soil, clay, fossils, archaeological artifacts and kimberlites. Vancouver Petrographics has expanded staff to three full-time technicians, 2 part time technicians and 2 office staff, and is associated with four contract petrographers. Let me introduce you to these highly qualified personnel.