Mineral
Sciences Collections Tour
Rock Saw & Sample Prep
Large
Rock Saw Demonstration
Friday,
8 June 2007
Tim
Rose oversees Suzy Pilaar as she uses
the diamond cutter to slice a fragment
of Seneca sandstone, the same rock as
the Smithsonian Castle.
Large
Rock Saw Demonstration
Friday,
8 June 2007
Emma
Harrower and Santiago Herrera don protective
face-shields in the materials processing
lab.
Large
Rock Saw Demonstration
Friday,
8 June 2007
Santiago
Herrera got the opportunity to section
coral head from the collections so as
to observe it cross section.
Large
Rock Saw Demonstration
Friday,
8 June 2007
Santiago
Herrera displays the coral sample he prepared.
Large
Rock Saw Demonstration
Friday,
8 June 2007
Laura
Florez slices a piece of Seneca sandstone
of which the Smithsonian Castle is made.
Large
Rock Saw Demonstration
Friday,
8 June 2007
Laura
Lagomarsino uses a diamond saw. Preparing
rock samples can be a time-consuming process,
it can take a day to cut 1 inch into a
large iron meteorite! Loss is maintained
at less than 3% of the mass of the object.
