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Microscopy Lab locations on Core Deck
Sample Preparation
Overview
The Microscopy laboratory is used by shipboard paleontologists to identify microfossils for dating the sediments, by sedimentologists to check grain sizes and more and by igneous petrologists/alteration and structure geologists to classify rocks. We also carry a fluorescent microscope for microbiological sample analysis.
Instruments
- Four Zeiss Stereo binocular microscopes, with manual 8:1 zoom and either reflected or transmitted light viewing
- One Zeiss Axioplan microscope equipped for simultaneous transmitted and reflected polarized light viewing, with a large variety of objectives
- Two Zeiss Axioskop A1 microscopes equipped for simultaneous transmitted and reflected polarized light viewing, with a large variety of objectives
- One Zeiss Axiophot microscope equipped for DIC, phase contrast, and fluorescence studies and for cross-polarized light, plane-transmitted light, and darkfield illumination
- On Zeiss Imager 2 fluorescent microscope and one Zeiss Imager 2 with DIC capability
- Most microscopes are equipped with SPOT cameras for digital microphotography,
- The MBIO epifluorescence microscope has a Zeiss camera attached that works with the Zen blue software
- PICAT to photograph full thin section images in plane- and cross-polarized light (Please ask a technician to take those for you, if they were not automatically produced when you received the thin section.)
- Please note that proprietary manuals are available upon request and subject to limited use
Sample Preparation
- Thin Sections
- Fine Fraction Spraying Quick Start Guide
- SybrGold Virus and Bacteria Direct Count Protocol
Sample Imaging
- PICAT Quick Start GuidePICAT Quick Start Guide_378P (technician will perform this)
- PICAT User Guide_378P (technician will perform this)
- Image Capture Quick Start Guide
- Image Capture: Image Scaling_378P
- Zen blue Image Acquisition on MBIO microscope
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy Reference Studies
- SEM Sputter Coat (Scientists) SNE-4500M Plus SEM Quick Start Guide
- SEM Sputter Coat Differences User -EDS Bruker Quick Start Guide
- SEM: Sputter Coating Coater Quick Start Guide_378P
- Hitachi SEM : Sputter Coating User Guide_378P
- Hitachi SEM : File Uploader Quick Start Guide_378P
- SEM: File Uploader User Guide_378P
- SEM: File Uploader Administrator User Guide_378P
- SEM: 3D Imaging Guide_378P