That is one very cool website. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.
Cheers and Happy New Year! Mike Tettenborn Owen Sond, Ontario, Canada > On Dec 30, 2016, at 3:23 PM, ekgmars--- via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would like to let the Meteorite-list readership know about the Virtual > Microscope site where thin sections of the Apollo samples are available for > viewing. > > Check out: www.virtualmicroscope.org/content/apollo > > A multi-year joint project between the NASA-JSC Curator's Office and The Open > University, Milton Keynes, UK is producing Virtual Microscope images of the > entire Apollo Lunar Sample Collection. To date the Apollo 11, 12, 14 and 15 > samples are available for viewing. A thin section of each lunar sample can > be viewed in plane, polarized and reflected light. It is anticipated the > entire Apollo collection will be on line before the 50th anniversary of the > Apollo 11 landing in 2019. The project is very work intensive but the > finished product is outstanding. The collection of Virtual Microscope images > will be used by anyone interested in the lunar samples. To date 268 Virtual > Microscope images are available for viewing. > > Enjoy the Virtual Microscope images posted at the above site. > > Everett > > Everett K. Gibson, Ph.D. > Emeritus Senior Scientist, ARES > Astromaterials Research and Exploration Sciences > Mail Code: XI111 > NASA Johnson Space Center > Houston, TX 77058 > > everett.k.gibson @nasa.gov > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> > To: meteorite-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 8:51 am > Subject: [meteorite-list] Announcing, PetroViewer! > > Dear List Members -- > > Don't you love those photos of thin sections, with all the dazzling > colors, and the definitive chondrule shapes and all? And the cost of > a single section is often right in line with the cost of a nice > meteorite slice for my collection cabinet. So why don't I buy them? > > I lack a scope to examine them with! And the scopes I've seen on ebay > leave me wondering, how functional is "vintage"? Am I ready to gamble > $600 to $1,000 or more, plus another hundred for a nice thin section, > to see if I am ready to go that way? > > Then I had an opportunity to examine a thin section under polarizers. > Wow. Still pictures don't begin to reflect the fascinating effects > when polarized light meets birefringent crystals! You don't have to > be a geologist to recognize there's magic in them thar rocks! > > I was determined to find a way to share that with folks who haven't > made the commitment to invest in a scope, and develop an expanded > collection of thin sections. I fiddled around for two years, and the > PetroViewer is the outcome. > > I believe my market is the meteorite enthusiast, or the rock hound, > who has read about thin sections, seen the pictures, and still harbors > a curiosity to check them out. In fact, I would take it as the > greatest of successes if someone who experienced thin sections through > a PetroViewer was bitten by the same excitement I felt, and proceeded > to buy a real scope, and delve into all the petrology and mineralogy > that thrives around thin sections. > > So today, I introduce a rather modest web site featuring the > PetroViewer. PetroViewer.com > > I invite your comments, and suggestions, either on or off line, or via > the Contact Us page of the site. I have found it challenging to keep > my focus on providing users an economical way to experience much of > the fascinating phenomena, rather than try to share all the other > aspects of meteorites that I love. I'm certainly open to hearing list > member's reactions. > > Thanks for any thoughts you might care to share. > > Mike > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral > <https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral> and the Archives at > http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > <http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com/> > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > <https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list> > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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