The Digital Services unit at the University Libraries has recently digitized mineral thin sections from the Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library (GBSSRL), Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Thin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of ...

Fifty years ago, a group at the US National Bureau of Standards published the first protocol for embedding preserved tissue with plastic, and showed that such methacrylate-embedded specimens were ...

When the Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library (GBSSRL) and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology were presented with the challenge of identifying the best, most efficient way to digitally ...

The initial step of preparing the Thin Section involves cutting the rock sample to a standard size, fitting to a 48 x 26 glass slide, commonly known as the Giessner format. This precise cutting is ...