Dear Hassina,
another lab for outstanding sections of all kinds, with superb quality of
polishing (scratches detectable from magnification 600x on), for all kinds of
difficult materials, with an unbeatable output rate, is Geoprep in Basel,
Switzerland.
http://www.geoprep.com/english/home_e.html
50 polished thin sections on fragile material, and 10 fluid inclusion wafers on
even more fragile material - which the Johannesburg labs I've consulted simply
broke - were produced within one week (!). None of the edges of my rock slabs
had been polished away, and the orientation was marked correctly.
The price is accordingly. So it depends on what quality you need. I haven't
found any better yet.
Best regards,
Julia
Quoting morel <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Hassina,
> working on a project two years ago in Palermo (Italy) concerning mostly
> ceramic material (but rocks and sediments as well), we were using to send
> our samples at a thin sectioning lab at Torino. Their work was outstanding,
> even with difficult materials (like low fired clay materials) and their
> prices quite reasonable. Although it is since two years that I have not send
> any personal material to them (because I have moved) I presume that they are
> still operating.
> In case you would like to give a try, here are their mail details:
> *O.M.T. di Canepa Pierluigi & C.*
> Via Roma, 23 10090 – REANO (TO)
> Tel. (0039) 011 – 931 01 72
> email: [log in to unmask]
> I hope these are still valid.
> best regards
> Ioannis
> _________________
> Ioannis Iliopoulos
> Dept. of Geology
> University of Patras
> 26500 Greece
>
> On 9/13/05, Dr H.MOURI <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear colleagues, I am looking for a thin sectioning lab, where good
> > quality
> > thin sections with reasonable prices could be made, do you know any lab to
> > recommend? Thanks in advance.
> > With best wishes
> > Hassina
> >
>
Dr. Julia Kramer
Postdoctoral Researcher
Economic Geology Research Institute
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Office: +27-11-717 66 11
Mobile: +27-72-997 50 72
http://www.wits.ac.za/geosciences/
email: [log in to unmask]
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