The SpecCam 4 hyperspectral camera uses real-time imaging infrared (IR) spectroscopy to identify and produce semi-quantified mineralogy from the surface of rock cores and cuttings. The acquisition of a continuous dataset allows for the production of mineral distribution maps to spatially understand the impact of clay, carbonate or alteration minerals for the geological assessment of oil and gas reservoirs or mineral exploration sites.
The SpecCam 4 hyperspectral camera is available on any of Geotek Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) platforms (MSCL-S, MSCL-XZ or MSCL-XYZ) and now uniquely offers the ability for users to acquire hyperspectral datasets alongside XRF, magnetic susceptibility, VIS and UV core imaging, and even density/porosity, P-wave velocity or spectral natural gamma all on one core logging platform.
Maximum spectral resolution in SWIR is 1 nm at 2200 nm. Standard image resolution is 0.52 mm x 3 mm (although larger pixel sizes are possible for lower resolution studies) Continuous coverage high image resolution has a pixel size of 0.5 mm x 0.5 mm Speed ranges between 1 m and 4 m per hour depending on the spectral and image resolution selected Bespoke spectral library and interpretation software, which includes spectra from proprietary and public domain spectral databases Data exported as CSV line profiles and calibrated reflectance images in ENVI or Tiff formats