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Minerology References

Thin Section Lab on Fo'c's'le Deck


Overview

The Thin Section lab provides equipment for making thin sections of lithified and nonlithified materials.

Instruments

  • Buehler Petrothin thin section cutting blade and cup wheel
  • Logitech LP-50 lapping machine
  • Logitech PM5 precision polishing and lapping machine
  • Zeiss microscope
  • Beuhler grinder/polisher MetaServe 250

Manuals

Logitech LP 50

     

Frosting Slides

     

Flattening Thin Section Billets

     

Bonding Billets to Frosted Slides


Cutting Billets with PetroThin


Lapping Samples on LP50

     

Polishing Samples on PM5

     

End of Expedition Cleanup

     

Quick Guide TS Laser Engraver


How Disassemble the Logitech Jigs


Carbonate Staining with Alizarin Red

Dickson 1965_Nature_Carbonate staining for thin sections