Thin Section Workshop

Work-Order Request

Depending on the request, we prepare wafers and polished pieces of rocks and minerals as follows:

  • Preparation of wafers (about 30 μm thick) with a polarizing microscope, for the examination of rock structure, mineral classification, measurement of optical properties in minerals, and fine fossils, etc.
  • Preparation of abrasive shards and wafers for the analysis of rocks, minerals and other constituent elements.

Click here for more information on Work-Order Requests, such as application procedure.

Examples of manufactured items

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Thin Sections

Polished Pieces

Contact Us

Thin Section Workshop

  • Tel: 082-424-7321
  • Fax: 082-424-7536
  • Email: hakuhen(at)monoplaza.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Please replace (at) with @.)

* When contacting us, please do so in Japanese.


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