Petrography
Whether for metallogenic studies or civil engineering (dimension stone, aggregate, concrete, etc.), petrography remains indispensable. When carried out by an experienced geologist, it provides a wealth of information that would not otherwise be available.
Petrography enables mineral phases to be identified, micro-textures to be described, relationships between phases to be defined, and primary mineralogical assemblages to be differentiated from secondary assemblages (alteration, metamorphism). Moreover, conventional petrography can be used to observe mineral phases that are too small to be detected by ARTSection.
Although digital petrography (ARTSection) allows us to quantify mineral phases and their average chemical composition, the maximum amount of information we can obtain from a thin slide is by combining automated and conventional techniques.
