Thin Sections

Usually the laboratory uses a diamond saw to cut a section 0 03 mm thick though it can create thinner or thicker sections as necessary.

Thin sections. A thin sliver of rock is cut from the sample with a diamond saw and ground optically flat. The general procedure for creating thin sections has remained nearly the same since the modern version was created nearly 200 years ago. In this section we review examples of modern thin section making procedures.

Pour some more water on the wheel. Clean the spinning wheel with the sponge. Pour the remaining water around the outside.

Pour half of it on the spinning wheel. The general procedure for creating thin sections has remained nearly the same since the modern version was created nearly 200 years ago. In optical mineralogy and petrography a thin section or petrographic thin section is a laboratory preparation of a rock mineral soil pottery bones or even metal sample for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope electron microscope and electron microprobe.

Fill a large half cut jug with water. A thin section on a petrographic microscope stage. If you have read the history of thin section preparation section 2 3 you should be already familiar with most of the process.

Different types of thin sections when a laboratory prepares a rock mineral fossil concrete or various other samples for analysis by cutting a slender section this is known as a thin section.