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Introduction


This system was designed to digitally photograph entire Petrographic Thin Section samples in both cross-polarized and single (plane)-polarized states. Microscopes do not have a field of view wide enough to image the entire specimen. The PICAT (Petrographic Image Capture and Archival Tool) provides an easy and versatile imaging process that captures a publication-quality image (8 x 10 inches at 300 DPI) within seconds rather than minutes.

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