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STAINING
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FAMOUS ROCKS OF ARIZONA
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2024 Price List

standard thin section

$24

standard petrographic thin section hand ground to 30 microns, finished with a 600 mesh grit from precut billet.  Add $5  for us to cut it down from hand sample, $15 for your oversized samples. 

Orientation / directional arrow

$ .50

we can add a directional orientation to your slide.

coverslips

$3

coverslips are mounted with a permanent medium. 

polished thin sections

$36

polished thin section. ground to 30 microns. finished to .25 micron alumina polish. 

oversized thin sections

$38

2x3 inch slides. finished to 30 microns. add $4.00 for coverslips.

 we can polish oversized thin sections. call for pricing


STAINING

We offer a wide variety of stains

potasium feldspar stain

Due to the gnarly chemicals involved please call for pricing

plagioclase stain

combination feldspar stain

CALCITE STAIN

$2

Staining for carbonates with alzirin red.


Fluid inclusion

$38

finished to your specifications, doubly polished and removeable from the slide

Ore mounts

$30

left 15 mm thick and highly polished, great for reflected light and cathodluminence work.


IMPREGNATION

we use a variety of terchniques for impregnation. including vacuum impregnation

Clear

$5

Blue colored impregnation

$5

Grain mounting

used to consolidate loose sands and drill chips

Grain mount

$5

Reference Slides

We have a wide variety of samples from known localities great for reference and teaching. They come standard with cover slips. $28


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