[meteorite-list] Announcing, PetroViewer!

From: cdtucson at cox.net <*cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:46:45 -0500 Message-ID: <20161230104645.MJY3S.110185.imail_at_fed1rmwml303> · cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com

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Love & Life
---- Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote: 
> Dear List Members --
> 
> Don't you love those photos of thin sections, with all the dazzling
> colors, and the definitive chondrule shapes and all?  And the cost of
> a single section is often right in line with the cost of a nice
> meteorite slice for my collection cabinet.  So why don't I buy them?
> 
> I lack a scope to examine them with!  And the scopes I've seen on ebay
> leave me wondering, how functional is "vintage"?  Am I ready to gamble
> $600 to $1,000 or more, plus another hundred for a nice thin section,
> to see if I am ready to go that way?
> 
> Then I had an opportunity to examine a thin section under polarizers.
> Wow.  Still pictures don't begin to reflect the fascinating effects
> when polarized light meets birefringent crystals!  You don't have to
> be a geologist to recognize there's magic in them thar rocks!
> 
> I was determined to find a way to share that with folks who haven't
> made the commitment to invest in a scope, and develop an expanded
> collection of thin sections.  I fiddled around for two years, and the
> PetroViewer is the outcome.
> 
> I believe my market is the meteorite enthusiast, or the rock hound,
> who has read about thin sections, seen the pictures, and still harbors
> a curiosity to check them out.  In fact, I would take it as the
> greatest of successes if someone who experienced thin sections through
> a PetroViewer was bitten by the same excitement I felt, and proceeded
> to buy a real scope, and delve into all the petrology and mineralogy
> that thrives around thin sections.
> 
> So today, I introduce a rather modest web site featuring the
> PetroViewer.     PetroViewer.com
> 
> I invite your comments, and suggestions, either on or off line, or via
> the Contact Us page of the site.  I have found it challenging to keep
> my focus on providing users an economical way to experience much of
> the fascinating phenomena, rather than try to share all the other
> aspects of meteorites that I love.  I'm certainly open to hearing list
> member's reactions.
> 
> Thanks for any thoughts you might care to share.
> 
> Mike
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