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Making Thin Sections
Preparation and Conservation: Supplies and Equipment

Microscopy
Photography and Scanning
Geostatistics
Tutorials, Tips and Tricks to selected Writing and Drawing Computer Programs@
Digital Image Processing@
Grafic Software@
What´s New, Articles for Palaeo- and Geoscientists@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: General@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Geology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Palaeontology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Botany@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Biology@
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Preparation and Conservation Technics

Keith W. Abineri, West Borough, Wimborne, Dorset, UK: THE EXAMINATION OF MICROFOSSILS, NANNOFOSSILS AND OTHER MICROSCOPICAL OBJECTS USING CELLULOSE LACQUER ROCK PEELS.

Marc Behrendt, Fossil News December, 1999, (Journal of Amateur Paleontologists), Boulder, Colorado: Fossil Preparation.

Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Follow a Plant Fossil: Preparation.

Earth Science Australia: Fossil Preparation and Conservation.

Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida: Fossil Preparation and Conservation. The information contained in fossils can be developed and enhanced by proper preparation techniques. The topics in these pages will help you to accomplish the goals of both preparation and conservation of fossil specimens.

PageWise: Methods in Plant Histology. PageWise publishes articles on the internet, making them available to everyone. Book extract (published early in the 1900s), without images.

Gar W. Rothwell, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology Ohio University, Athens: Cutting a Coal Ball, and Coal Ball Peel Technique. Part of the Paleobotany course.

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Materials and Methods. A bulletin board for preparators and those interested in preparation methods, and materials.

R. A. Stockey, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta: Preservation Types and Paleobotanical Techniques. A bibliography.

Verband Deutscher Präparatoren (VDP). In German.












Home / Palaeobotanical Tools / Preparation and Conservation / Making Thin Sections


Categories
Preparation and Conservation Technics
Preparation and Conservation: Supplies and Equipment

Microscopy
Photography and Scanning
Geostatistics
Tutorials, Tips and Tricks to selected Writing and Drawing Computer Programs@
Digital Image Processing@
Grafic Software@
What´s New, Articles for Palaeo- and Geoscientists@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: General@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Geology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Palaeontology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Botany@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Biology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Environment@


Making Thin Sections

Clemex Technologies Inc.: Preparation of Thin Sections.

Molecular & Cellular Imaging Facility, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas: PROCEDURE FOR STAINING THIN SECTIONS FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.

Carlos Dorronsoro Díaz, Instituto de Optica "Daza Valdés", Madrid; Bernabé Dorronsoro Díaz, Facultad de Ingeniería Informática. Universidad de Málaga; Carlos Dorronsoro Fdez, Dpto Edafología. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, and Arturo García Navarro, Dpto Edafología. Facultad de Ciencias, Badajoz, Univ Extremadura (translated into English by Gillian Butcher): Optical Mineralogy, Thin sections.

Jim Duggan, Australian Petrographics Pty Ltd: Close Window to return to Past Papers; PREPARATION OF DOUBLE POLISHED ULTRA THINS USING THE ENGIS HY SERIES CERAMIC LAPS.

Richard Hill, Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona (published by the Mid-America Paleontology Soc. in the Expo proceedings for 1999): Making Thin Sections by Hand. A method of manually making thin sections is presented. Simple techniques for maintaining parallelism that avoids direct measurement is described in detail and a number of examples are shown.

Logitech Ltd.: Geological Sciences.

Gar W. Rothwell, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology Ohio University, Athens: Cutting a Coal Ball, and Coal Ball Peel Technique. Part of the Paleobotany course.

Geology Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY: Making Petrographic Thin Sections. A short description of how to make thin sections.












Home / Palaeobotanical Tools / Preparation and Conservation / Preparation and Conservation: Supplies and Equipment


Categories
Preparation and Conservation Technics
Making Thin Sections

Microscopy
Photography and Scanning
Geostatistics
Tutorials, Tips and Tricks to selected Writing and Drawing Computer Programs@
Digital Image Processing@
Grafic Software@
What´s New, Articles for Palaeo- and Geoscientists@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: General@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Geology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Palaeontology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Botany@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Biology@
Glossaries, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Environment@


Preparation and Conservation: Supplies and Equipment

The American Association of Paleontological Suppliers (A.A.P.S.). A.A.P.S. was organized to create a professional association of commercial fossil and mineral collectors and preparators for the purpose of promoting ethical collecting practices and cooperative liaisons with researchers, instructors, curators and exhibit managers in the academic and museum paleontological community.

Earth Science Australia: Fossil Preparation and Conservation.

Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida: Preparation and Conservation Supplies and Equipment. A list of businesses and vendors that can provide you with the supplies you will need. This list is shown chiefly for the convenience of fossil collectors and preparators.

Green Geology, Whittier, California. Micropaleo kits.

Dr. F. Krantz, Rheinisches Mineralien-Kontor GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn, Germany.

Logitech Ltd.: Geological Sciences.

MicroWorld: Microscopy Vendors and Suppliers. Analytical services, laboratories, education and training.

Verband Deutscher Präparatoren (VDP). In German.










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