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My interpretation of those prices (US on the right) was that the NZ prices are mostly better. Postage will probably impact greatly though. Regards Ralph Bottrill Tasmanian Geological Survey Mineral Resources Tasmania (Dept of Mines - Tasmania) P.O. Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018, Australia Aus Tel: 03-6233-8359 Intl Tel: +61-3-6233-8359 Aus Fax: 03-6233-8338 Intl Fax: +61-3-6233-8338 "Geology is a capital science to begin with as it requires nothing but a little reading, thinking and hammering." Charles Darwin, 1835. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Eckert [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, 19 July 2000 00:21 To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: thin sections FWIW, for commercial work we've mostly been using Petrographic International [Saskatchewan]. Given their current pricing [http://www.thinsection.com/newprc.html], seems to me you may have difficulty justifying your charges. Regardless, of course, nothing is more efficient than a good in-house technician! Best of luck. At 05:36 PM 7/18/00 +1200, Julie Vry wrote: >At present, our technician tells me is charging the following for >commercial work:- > (NZ dollars) approx. USA dollars (@45 to 50 >cents/NZ$) >Normal thin section $30 $15 >Large thin section $40 $20 >Impregnated thin section $40 $20 >Polished section $50 $25 >Impregnated polished $65 $32.50 >Fluid inclusion $50 $25 >Polished mounts $25 $12.5 Jim Eckert <[log in to unmask]> or <[log in to unmask]> ---------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%