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My hobby is hunting, cutting, and studying meteorites, and it has grown to where I need 2 scopes: 1 for whole specimens and slices, and 1 for thin sections. With a limited budget, I have started my search for them but find the myriad models too confusing to make an informed decision.

Please, if you have had experience with meteorite/petrographic study and micrography and have used or know of bi- or trinocular scopes that you would recommend, could you give me a name & model of one/some?

I would be happy to have a professional clean, adjust, and restore an older quality scope if one is available anywhere at a fair price.

I am so pleased to find there is a forum where microscopists share information with their peers and the newbies (nee, me ) who are just beginning to "see" what others have known for so long. Thank you for any suggestions you may have about my microscope needs.
Paul G. Spears
Phoenix, Arizona

Like this one?

Petrological Metallurgic Leitz Ortholux Microscope - eBay (item 190320713024 end time Mar-07-10 11:25:23 PST)

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John Karlsson
Hope Valley, RI

Don't count your chickens until they have burned their bridges behind them.

Perhaps, so I have asked for more information about it. Thank you for the heads up!

Paul

Not much additional information available from seller, so I will look in another direction. What I want is an inexpensive stereo or trinocular scope with a rotating nosepiece holding 3 objective lenses.

Hi Paul,
I have a variety of good used microscopes that will work for simple polarization. You can contact me privately at gw2brown@earthlink.net
Regards,
g2b2

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A pixel is worth a thousand words but it takes a thousand words to explain a pixel. g2b2

Thank you. Wish I had seen your post earlier today! I made a choice and will have to live with it, and I think I can. I should be happy until I need to do more advanced work. I will check in with you when that happens.
Paul

So, what are you going to live with? It may be a treasure. g2b2

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Lomo MBC-10 (aka sf-100T). Comes with everything I need (read: want) except a digital feed, an X-POL, and a decent camera. A friend has given me instructions for building my own X-POL, and I can make do with a 5mp Canon SD 50 camera if I can fix its lens cover. The digital feed may have to wait unless someone knows a way to rig for that. The lenses are not exceptional but then neither is my eyesight so I probably could not tell much difference between good and average lenses. Lenses can be bought, but I have used up my fun budget for months!
Paul