Petr Zaunstöck
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Polishing facility
Polishing facility
Polishing facility
The polishing facility is a laboratory responsible for the production of various types of mineralogical, petrographical, soil and other types of preparations. Such samples are most often used for different types of microscopy as well as microprobe analyses.
The laboratory mainly produces:
- covered and polished thin sections
- polished hand samples or preparations of grains in resin
- cutting and polishing of rock samples
- soil sections
- preparations for fluid inclusion studies
- vacuum impregnation and dry sample preparation
Task request form for the Polishing facility
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Pricing
Pricing
| Standard tasks | |
| Cutting | 625,-/hour |
| Hand sample polishing | 15,-/cm2 |
| Covered thin section (48x28 mm glass) | 390,- |
| Polished thin section | 740,- |
| Polished thin section (dry) | 1540,- |
| Doubly polished thin section | 1475,- |
| Epoxy resin casting (samples up to 30 mm) | 390,- |
| Epoxy resin casting (samples over 30 mm) | 590,- |
| Re-polishing (sample in epoxy resin) | 310,- |
| Re-polishing (polished thin sections) | 460,- |
| Epoxy resin casting (zircons for absolute dating) | 2500,- |
| Thin sections produced from biomaterials (bones, teeth etc.) | |
| Covered thin section | 925,- |
| Polished thin section | 1310,- |
| Soil sections | |
| glass: 48x28 mm | 1660,- |
| 55x55 mm | 3325,- |
| 80x80 mm | 5690,- |
| Specific tasks | |
| Sample impregnation | 90,-/ks |
| Grain pre-casting | 90,-/ks |
| Sample impregnation (fluorescent pigment) | 140,-/piece |
| Loose material pre-casting (KV,LV) | 190,-/piece |
| other specific tasks | price to be determined on case-by-case basis |
| Duration of task completion | |||
| Completion deadline | 1 month | 2 weeks | 1 week |
| Price | standard | 50 % extra | 100 % extra |
Prices do not include VAT
Pricing is in effect since January 13, 2023
Samples sent to the Polishing facility
Parameters of samples sent to the Polishing facility
Covered/polished thin section
- Prices include cutting (applies to original samples up to 8 cm).
- Prices do not include cutting of samples larger than 8 cm, compaction of loose, porous or fragmented samples, pre-casting etc. (these tasks will be performed at additional costs as stated in Pricing).
Samples sent to the Facility should possess the following characteristics:
- size up to 8 cm
- free from impurities (mud, moss,..)
- samples should be marked
The Polishing facility will give priority to samples submitted from within the Department of Geological Sciences which we strive to produce within one month.
