Sample
Name
Brookite crystal, surface parallel to the crystallographic a-c-plane
Date
2003-01-01
Provider
Dr. Vera Hammer, Museum of Natural History, Vienna
Body name
Earth
Place
Virgen , Eastern Tyrol , Austria
Surface roughness
polished
Substrate material
epoxy resin
Substrate comments
sample rear side embedded in resin (25mm diam.) for handling during polishing and measurement
Temperature
300.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Temperature max
300.0 $K$
Type
ambient air
Fluid temperature
300.0 $K$
Fluid pressure
1000.0 $mbar$
Title
Cutting, embedding and polishing of the natural brookite crystal

Precursors

Materials

Produced sample

Sample
Brookite crystal, surface parallel to the crystallographic a-c-plane (this sample)
Processing steps
Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes
#1 during layer formation mechanical embedding the brookite crystal in epoxy resin and cutting along the crystallographic a-c-plane
#2 after layer formation mechanical polishing of the embedded brookite crystal