Sedimentological, petrographic and microfacies analyses on all kinds of covered and uncovered thin sections and polished sections with transmitted and incident light
Microscope Olympus BX-53 (Material), set up for transmitted and incident light observations, polarization, fluorescence, darkfield, DIC, phase contrast, Digicam Olympus DP-74, Märzhäuser scanning stage and image analysis-software Olympus Stream
Microscope Olympus BX-53 (Bio), set up for transmitted light observations, fluorescence, polarization, Digicam Olympus DP-72, Märzhäuser scanning stage and image analysis software Olympus cellSens
Macrozoom microscope Nikon AZ-100M with scanning stage, transmitted light with polarization and fluorescence, Digicam Nikon DS-Fi1c and image analysis software NIS Elements
Macroscope Leica Wild "M 420" with transmitted light base for polarization and darkfield observation, Leica Digicam DFC 480
Petrographic microscope ZEISS “Axiophot” pol with Digicam “Axiocam 412 color”
2 petrographic microscopes ZEISS "Jenapol", set up for transmitted and incident light observations and polarization
Petrographic microscope ZEISS “Axioplan” with transmitted light
Petrographic microscope ZEISS “Axioskop” with transmitted light and polarization
2 petrographic microscopes ZEISS "Axiolab" with transmitted light
Stereoscopic microscope Nikon "SMZ-U" with transmitted light base for polarization and dark field illumination
2 stereoscopic microscopes Leica Wild "MZ-6"
Stereoscopic microscope Leica Wild "M3Z" with transmitted light base and polarization
Flatbed-Scanner Canon "Epson Perfection V750 Pro" with slide-scan option for thin section scans under transmitted light and polarization
Foto bench: motorized desktop photo-bench for drill cores and single objects, with smartscan software (smartcube® GmbH) for Microsoft Windows. Height-adjustable camera stand and two daylight flashlights with polarizing filters, full-format camera Canon EOS 5D with Canon Macro EF 100mm f/2.8