The Virtual Microscope allows users to examine and explore minerals and microscopic features of rocks, helping them to develop classification and identification skills without the need for high-cost …

Every Collection gives you access to virtual thin sections – and in some cases virtual hand specimens as well – of a range of samples for you to study as if using a specialist petrological microscope.

The Virtual Microscope allows users to examine and explore minerals and microscopic features of rocks, helping them to develop classification and identification skills without the need for high-cost …

Clicking the embedded link while connected to the internet opens the Virtual Microscope website to show the feature shared using the same viewing conditions and zoom level.

Refers to any word or phrase that appears in the individual rock names. Names are generally descriptive; they allow the user to searranite' as well as more specific names such as 'breccia'. …

UK Virtual Microscope Click the microscope button to view a thin section for this sample.

The United Kingdom Virtual Microscope (UKVM) collection consists of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks from around the UK. It is intended as a teaching resource, helping to tell the story …

The virtual microscope system works by presenting small parts of a large image that has been diced electronically into many pieces, an approach used to facilitate zooming and panning in many web …

Every rock sample is accompanied by a virtual thin section so that you can study the mineral’s properties, size, shape, proportion and colour, and also analyse the micro textures as if using a …

While virtual microscopes don't replace physical microscopes, they are a significant step change that allows students to explore whole thin sections either supervised, on their own, or with other students, …