Cannon Microprobe is a materials characterization laboratory with special expertise in geological materials. Cannon microprobe has full sample preparation and analysis capabilities for scanning electron microscopy, x-ray microanalysis and x-ray diffraction analysis. The company's most important analytical equipment includes an ARL SEMQ scanning electron microscope / electron microprobe; a modernized G.E. x-ray diffractometer; and an ETEC AutoScan scanning electron microscope. Support equipment includes diamond saws, polishing laps, stereo and petrographic microscopes and a vacuum evaporator.