The lapidary services at GSC Calgary include the production of fossil and petrographic thin sections, plaster casts of fossils and meteorites and polished rock surfaces.

Equipment

• Thin section cut-off saw
• Felker - 8" trim saw
• Felker - 10" trim saw
• Highland Park - 20" slab saw
• Buehler - double 12" grinding/polishing lap
• Buehler - single 8" diamond grinding lap
• Imperial Optical - two 9" grinding/polishing laps
• Highland Park - 18" grinding lap
• Thermolyne - two 12" hot plates
• Cenco - warming oven
• Ohaus - electronic balance
• Binocular microscope
• Petrographic microscope

Clients

• Research scientists of the GSC
• University and provincial government researchers