[meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:10:59 +0100
Message-ID: <20070124181059.90920_at_gmx.net>

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


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Datum: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:31:54 -0500
Von: almitt <almitt at kconline.com>
An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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
>
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