Simon Kelley, Andy Tindle, and Anand Mahesh, Open University
The Virtual Microscope was developed for undergraduate teaching of petrology and geoscience at the Open University in the United Kingdom, allowing students to explore rock hand specimens and thin sections in a browser window. Collections include petrographic images of terrestrial, extraterrestrial and rare rock collections.
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Optical Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Collections Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Mineralogy, Petrology, Sedimentary Geology, Planetary ScienceKeywords: photomicrographs, thin sections
