Geology
KNOWLEDGE
GEOLOGY
Examination methods involving the microstructural analysis of minerals and rocks.
PETROGRAPHY
Petrography is the microscopic study of rocks, minerals or man-made materials. It is a powerful tool for investigating the composition, microstructure and inter-component relationships. Helps to:
- Obtain a smaller, manageable sized specimen from the parent material,
- Expose the internal surface of interest for grinding;
- Reduce the thickness of the sample to minimize time for subsequent grinding as in thin sectioning.
GENERAL
Petrology includes the subdisciplines of experimental petrology and petrography.
Experimental petrology involves the laboratory synthesis of rocks for the purpose of ascertaining the physical and chemical conditions under which rock formation occurs.
Petrology relies heavily on the principles and methods of mineralogy because most rocks consist of minerals and are formed under the same conditions. Also essential to petrological research is the careful mapping and sampling of rock units, which provide data on regional gradations of rock types and on associations unavailable by other means
Petrography is primarily concerned with the systematic classification and precise description of rocks.
Petrography is the study of rocks in thin section by means of a petrographic microscope (i.e., an instrument that employs polarized light that vibrates in a single plane).
In optical mineralogy and petrography, a thin section (or petrographic thin section) is a laboratory preparation of a rock, mineral, soil, pottery, bones, or even metal sample for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope, electron microscope and electron microprobe.
SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURES
MAIN PETROGRAPHY APPLICATIONS
Geological Engineering
Archaeology
Concrete
Astronomy
Coal
Mining
Petro Chemical
Restoration
Jeochronology
GEOLOGY EQUIPMENT
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