For geological applications, the Optical Microscopy Laboratory allows for the observation and photo documentation of geological samples – thin sections, polished sections, solid and clastic sediments at microscopic scale. The observation and photo documentation can be commissioned, or performed with assistance or without assistance after training.
The laboratory provides services mainly to internal staff members, but smaller contracts may also be arranged for individuals as well as the cooperation with science, education and popularization departments.
Range of Services
- Semi-quantitative analysis of heavy minerals
- Manual monomineral separation
- Description and photo documentation of microscopic samples in a binocular microscope
- Description and photo documentation of microscopic samples in a polarizing microscope
Equipment
- NIKON SMZ1270 stereo microscope
- NIKON ECLIPSE E600 polarizing microscope equipped with a CFI Achromat Series objective lens set for observation in transmitted light, a CFI LU Plan Fluor objective lens set for observation in reflected light, a Nikon DS-Ri2 camera, and NIS-Elements AR 5.40.02 software with image analysis
- Zeiss Axio Imager.A2m polarizing microscope equipped with an Axiocam 305 color camera and ZEN 2 core v2.5 software for observation mainly in reflected light
- Fluotest Universal luminescence lamp with 254 and 365 nm wavelengths
