A fundamental for the petrographic examination of rocks is the preparation of thin sections, thick sections, slides for electron microprobe analysis, polished hand specimen,...
Andreas Fehler is working in the petrographic preparation. His work space is equipped with different stone saws, grinding wheels, and polishing discs (lead and sythetics).
Orders from people not belonging to Kiel university are also welcome. You can get information from Prof. V. Schenk (vs@min.uni-kiel.de).
The rock sample, a whiteschist, before the preparation.
The first step is to cut the rock with the stone saw.
Sawing the rock sample.
After grinding the rock is fixed on the object slide.
Fixing the rock on the object slide.
After cutting the rock, it is grinded to a thickness of 25 µm.
Polishing the thin sections.
The finished thin section under the microscope (a whiteschist containing yoderite and Mn-andalusite). Width of view: 3.5 mm
