Requirement of thin section From

Client for Petro-graphical Observation,

Nomenclature & Report Preparation:
We require thin section as per standard & Descriptions are mentioned below-

A Standard thin section is a 30 µm-thick slice of rock, concrete, etc., mounted with
epoxy onto a 27 × 46 mm glass slide. Using a grinding process involving flat,
horizontal wheels (called lapping), finished standard thin sections with 600-mesh
(extra-fine) silicon carbide abrasive and fit them with thin glass coverslips. This type
of thin section is best suited for routine petrography.
process the surface of a lapped thin section with a series of progressively finer
polishing compounds to produce a polished thin section which has a scratch-free,
highly reflective surface. Polished thin sections can be used to identify by reflected-
light petrography or Trinocular polarizing Microscope as we use, the various kinds of
opaque, metallic minerals present in most rocks can examine Because these types of
analyses require direct access to the sample surface.
Polished ore sections are ±1 mm thick, polished plates mounted on standard 27 × 46
mm slides for reflected-light microscopic analysis of opaque metallic minerals (ore
minerals). The actual thickness of each section may vary -- but we take care to ensure
that it’s uniform.
Doubly-polished thin sections are polished on both sides ... that is, the side of the
section mounted to the glass slide -- as well as the facing surface -- is polished. Not
only do these sections serve the same purposes as polished thin sections, but they
provide a much sharper image under the microscope and therefore allow one to
examine intracrystalline structures in much greater detail.
Sections prepared for fluid inclusion are usually between 100µm to 200µm thick and
are doubly-polished to provide a clear view of internal structures. They are mounted
to slides with an acetone-soluble adhesive so they can be removed (use either
cyanoacrylate “Super Glue” or Crystal bond™). Samples are examined for
microscopic bubbles inside mineral grains (fluid inclusions) trapped when the
mineral formed. These inclusions usually contain a tiny quantity of liquid which
represents condensed vapor that formed the bubble. Special microscopes with heated
stages are used to heat the sections to the point where the liquid in the bubbles
converts back to vapor. By observing this transition under the microscope one can
determine the temperature at which the vapor became trapped (usually taken to be the
mineral’s formation temperature).
 Prefer to use water whenever you can because it’s less expensive and much less
messy! But of course, use oil to prepare water-sensitive material like sulfates, halides
and swelling clays. Please let us know if you suspect the presence of such things in
your samples! Everything cut and lapped with oil is cleaned with isopropyl alcohol.
All polishing is done with oil, too.
Standard thickness of Slide is 30µm (0.03 mm [0.0013 in] so Please be prepare
accordingly.
Some rocks are so fine-grained that individual crystals may be smaller than 30µm.
These tiny mineral grains may overlap each other in a standard thin section and make
it difficult distinguish and identify them. An ultrathin (± 15 µm) section would help to
solve this problem. You should clarify whatever thickness you used.
standard-size thin sections are mounted on 27 × 46 mm petrographic slides. Larger-
format (oversize) thin sections are mounted on 51 × 75 mm (2×3") slides. Slightly
smaller standard petrographic slides (25 × 45 mm), as well as 25 × 75 mm
(1×3") slides, can be use,and finally scratch the numbers or code for thin section on
the back of each slide with a diamond-tipped should be scribe.