Full core samples awaiting cutting. Typically samples arrive as core or half core, handpicked surface samples or as billets. Friable core samples. Sometimes samples arrive as neatly cut billets....
Photograph of sample off cuts in mould and as a block that have been stained for Potassium feldspar. Using traditional methods Adelaide Petrographic will undertake offcut staining of samples for potassium feldspar....
This photograph is of two sections that have been half stained for carbonates allowing for comparisons to be made in petrology. Adelaide petrographic undertakes staining for carbonates using alizarin red and potassium ferrocyanide....
To assist in measuring stress and strain in structural geology some clients ask for three sections be made from one sample. Each section representing the different orientation XYZ. (xy,xz,yz.)...
For a client in Western Australia we created these field grain size measures. Handy for taking out into the field and comparing the grain size against in-situ geological samples....
Under magnification the growth crystals in smelted copper are clearly visible. Prepared coper rounds ready for etching. We have the capability to cut copper, mount, flatten and etch the copper to reveal the growth crystals. A variety of different stains...
Large monolith used for archeologic purposes. The monoliths arrive held together in a plaster or other casing. We must dry the material, carefully remove part of the casing and then impregnate with epoxy. Large monolith with the top removed. Working...
Uncoated cathode material that has been dissected and awaiting polishing. Lead and lead alloy material. We have been asked to make polished blocks of the internal structure of lead batteries. The sample had to be polished for the types of...
On occasion we are asked to prepare biological samples for university customers. These are often to be used with the synchrotron. The finished product must be polished and about 100 micron thick and glued with superglue so that the samples...