Abstract: A particle separation apparatus having an adjustable tilted vibratory conveyor, an adjustable material flow control guide, and an adjustable material flow splitter. A heterogenous mixture of taconite pellets and other material is fed to the vibratory conveyor. The different particles flow across the surface of the vibratory conveyor in different paths or trajectories according to the different coefficients of friction and angles of rest inherent in the particles. The different flow paths are split such that one stream of material is chiefly taconite pellets and the other path is made mostly of non-taconite pellet material.