Electron Microscope Photographs of Polished Mineral Surfaces

Abstract

ALTHOUGH the electron microscope has a wide range of applications in many branches of science, apparently it has not hitherto been used in ore microscopy for the study of opaque polished mineralogical surfaces. The instrument can be applied to great advantage, however, in revealing mineralogical structures and textures not visible with an optical microscope, and in throwing additional light on the complex problems of ore deposition and the nature of ore-forming fluids.