The Digital Services unit at the University Libraries has recently digitized mineral thin sections from the Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library (GBSSRL), Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Thin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of ...

When the Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library (GBSSRL) and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology were presented with the challenge of identifying the best, most efficient way to digitally ...

Fifty years ago, a group at the US National Bureau of Standards published the first protocol for embedding preserved tissue with plastic, and showed that such methacrylate-embedded specimens were ...

Researchers used a diamond knife to slice through the epoxy and expose a section through the inside of the dust particle, seen here under an electron microscope. This visual may only be used for the ...