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Hello--
I am writing to ask if anyone has thoughts or suggestions on purchasing a petrographic microscope for museum education in public space. This would be for visitors to observe rock thin sections and observe how light travels through rocks.
We are ideally looking for a model one that has:
* crossed-polars (obviously)
* rotating stage
* up to 40x magnification
* a mechanism on the stage to hold and move the slide around
* and is compatible with a video camera hookup so that visitors can view, in real time, what is under the lens on a TV screen/computer monitor. Nothing fancy that takes stacks multiple images, or does 3D modeling, like some expensive models.
Thanks!
-Adam-
Adam Blankenbicker
Education Specialist - Geology
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Office of Education & Outreach
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