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An improved technique for producing thin rock-sections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

A. C. Bishop*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Queen Mary College, University of London

Summary

The preparation of thin rock-sections using a modified high-speed surface grinding machine is described. The machine is fitted with a new type of jig designed to hold ¼ in. thick glass slides to which the rock slices are mounted for grinding. The machine operates automatically once a cut is set and the large size of the jig enables fifteen 3 in. × 1 in. sections to be produced at one grinding operation without the constant attention of an operator.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1962

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References

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