RESOURCES
- Virtual Petrographic Microscope
- FLMNH Ceramic Repository
- Teach the Earth: Teaching Mineralogy - good overview for petrography
- Chandra Reedy - Thin Section Petrography of Stone and Ceramic Cultural Materials (downloadable program)
- Alex Strekeisen - random geology dude with a great website
- Royal Ontario Museum Polarised-light Microscopy Laboratory - Thin Section Petrology Data & Image Bank
- PETROG Semi-automated Point Counting System
- Levantine Ceramics Project
- Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
- Charles Kolb - Provenance Studies in Archaeology
- Materiality, Techniques, and Society in Pottery Production: The Technological Study of Archaeological Ceramics through Paste Analysis
- The Collections of Anna O. Shepard: A Collection Strategy and User's Guide - Melissa Stoltz (CU-Boulder)
Education and Training
- CMRAE - Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology at MIT
Thin section Production
- Spectrum Petrographics - Vancouver, WA
- Quality Thin Sections - Tucson, AZ
- Reviews of Thin Section Producers by Lori Barkwell Love
Facilities and Labs
Useful tools and suppliers
- DinoLite
- Bender Associates, Inc. - microscopes
- Metallurgical Supply Company - large sizes only, not suitable for small amounts of consumables
- Beta Diamond Products, Inc. - also sells slides, cover slips, and slide boxes, but mostly powder and blades
- Pace Technologies - good for most things, but also large quantities
related groups
helpful tips and advice
- Epoxy people found to be best
- Where to order polishing supplies, etc.