Concept information
Preferred term
thin section
Definition
- In optical mineralogy and petrography, a thin section (or petrographic thin section) is a thin slice of a rock, mineral, soil, pottery, bones, or even metal sample, prepared in a laboratory, for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope, electron microscope and electron microprobe. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_section)
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-3ZG83SMQ-M
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