[meteorite-list] Microscope search

From: David Pensenstadler <dfpens01_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:32:43 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <190831.7470.qm_at_web112314.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Some of the folks on the Paleolist have recommended the Celestron and Dino-micro scopes in the links below. They appear to be very well suited for low power images at a reasonable price:

 
http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?CatID=81&ProdID=557
 
YouTube videos
 
http://tinyurl.com/ydbgx57
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/user/DinoMicro#p/u/4/HpqCR4SnEgo
 
I was not aware of these and think they would be great for both a beginner and a more advanced person.

Dave

Dave
 

--- On Fri, 2/19/10, STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com> wrote:

> From: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Microscope search
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 10:24 PM
> Hi list, Richard is absolutely right
> when he? said.? "so a simple $100
> stereo microscope might be enough to get your feet?
> wet and help solidify the
> direction you want to go if, I mean when you purchase?
> your next microscope!"
>
>
> He touches on an aspect that meteorite and? microscope
> enthusiasts have
> known since our first scope.? It is more?
> interesting close up.? Any specimen
> in your collection is much more? interesting when you
> can observe the
> subtleties that make it different from the? rest.
>
> If you care to look at the micrographs of Angrites in my
> gallery? you will
> know what I am saying.
>
> I might also add.? I have? inexpensive some Xpol
> scopes that are beautiful
> to look at thin sections? in.? I don't take
> micrographs with these scopes
> but for observation they? are wonderful and even with
> the setup I use to take
> micrographs on, the view? first hand is 10X better
> than a picture.? I would
> even say that the? observational view in one of these
> inexpensive scopes is
> better than the best? micrograph I can produce.
>
>
> Tom
>
>
> In a message dated 2/19/2010? 7:40:05 P.M. Mountain
> Standard Time,
> damoclid at yahoo.com
> writes:
> Hey? Paul.
>
> A seemingly simple question with literally hundreds of
> answers. I? just
> purchased a microscope, but I think my needs were possibly
> very different? than
> many of the people on this list.
>
> Here's a few questions to ask? yourself before you can
> narrow down the
> microscope that is right for? you.
>
> How much can you budget for the microscope?
>
> Do you only want? to view individuals and slices at
> lower power to see the
> details you mention? better, or do you want to view
> thin sections in
> polarized light at high? magnification?
>
> Do you want to do photography of your? meteorites?
>
> Do you want to view things other than meteorites, ie.?
> biological specimens?
>
> If you simply want to view your specimens magnified?
> and have no plans to
> view or photograph thin sections, you can find a
> reasonably? good 10x - 30x
> stereo microscope for about $100. For another $50 you can
> find a? VGA webcam
> that can be mounted where one of the eyepieces goes and
> view your? specimens
> on your computer screen.
>
> Of course if you want to have a? microscope that can
> "do everything" you're
> going to have to have a very large? budget. But, as
> you can see on Tom's
> page, he has multiple microscopes to do? what he
> needs, so a simple $100
> stereo microscope might be enough to get your? feet
> wet and help solidify the
> direction you want to go if, I mean when you? purchase
> your next microscope!
>
> I can tell you more about the microscope I? just
> purchased and why I got
> what I did privately if you are? interested.
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA? #1081
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Paul G. Spears <pgspears at cox.net>?
> wrote:
>
> > From: Paul G. Spears <pgspears at cox.net>
> >? Subject: [meteorite-list] Microscope search
> > To:? meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Friday, February 19, 2010,? 3:20 PM
> > Hi, all:
> > My eyes need a little help seeing the finer?
> details of
> > metal, mineral, shock, and crystals in meteorite
> >? slices.? A microscope would be helpful, and
> I surmise
> > that many of? the scores of scopes out there
> could be
> > useful.? Has anyone been? particularly
> impressed by
> > his/her scope's features and functions when? used
> for this
> > purpose?
> >
> > Any tips, or cautions, for? selecting a starter
> microscope
> > will be appreciated.? I would be? willing to
> pay more
> > for a scope with features everyone feels are?
> essential, and
> > would consider new or used, if anyone has
> recently? upgraded
> > and has a reliable unit that needs a new home.
> >
> >? My wife, Grace, and I had an unbelievably great
> experience
> > at the Tucson? show!? It was our first time
> there and,
> > if you have never attended? before, we encourage
> you to be
> > there at your first opportunity as it is? an
> experience you
> > will never forget.
> > Regards,
> > Paul G.? Spears
> > IMCA #3272
> >
> >
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