Measuring slide thickness with micron meter (Making the section)

Section polishing on the Mobasco polisher (Polishing)

Polishing rate is controlled by diamond size, weight, and speed of rotation (polishing)

Kent polishers in a row. Old and reliable. (Polishing)

In polarised light quartz thickness can be determined by colour (making the section)

Logitec and Kemet machines are used for grinding the minerals to desired thickness. (Making the section)

Before glueing up billets must be flattened using a variety of methods. Here they are seen on the zinc lap.(Making the section )

We receive core or rock samples or billets. (Raw product)

Microscopes are used to ensure regular thickness (making the section)

For the polishing phase slides are mounted onto holders using hot wax. (Polishing)

George Morgan, proprietor of Adelaide Petrographic

From right to left, George Morgan, Mark Steen, Sam Sansovini, Peter Ruge

A mineral is a fixed ratio of elements combined in a regular fixed matrix.

Before being attached to the slide a final flattening is often done by hand.(making the section)

Its possible to capture photos of thin sections in polarised light digitally.(finished product)

every sample is labelled with non-soluble label, and covered with epoxy.

Sections are utilized by a wide variety of extractive and ore mining industries.(Raw Product).