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Highlights from 2007
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Updated: 21 June 2007
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.


Large Rock Saw Demonstration
Friday, 8 June 2007

Amy Marquardt


Photo captions by Morgan Little


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