Well, I believe calling them "slides" is a rather informal term, which may be used by those who know what they are talking about. In fact, I am using this term when me and my supplier of thin sections email each other, who is a well-known and respected old time dealer based in the U.S., and he knows what I mean and sometimes also uses this word in our private communication.
This is most probably not at all what you could call a scientifically accepted term. It is used in informal talk instead. Then again, this other term "thin slide" sounds rather strange to me, when talking of meteorite thin sections - while I must say I am not a native English speaker. Native English speakers, the majority of this list, may contribute some more bits and bytes on this.... Alex Berlin/Germany -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:31:54 -0500 Von: almitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up > Greetings, > > I've seen the term thin slides used to describe thin sections every now > and then. Having > been a big supplier of sections for many years I have never called them > thin slides or slides. Wondering if this is a scientifically accepted term > for thin sections or not. It's not an important issue and I am fine with > calling them either way but wondering what the general consenses is, how they > got name something different. > > (5) you get into thin slides > > --AL Mitterling > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
