Welcome visitor,

this homepage is about ores, ore deposits and ore microscopy and the fun of research.

About me:
I am a biochemical engineer by profession based in Switzerland and as such interested in science, engineering and nature. Ore microscopy is a perfect choice: it combines outdoor activities and a lot of handcraft with hightech instruments and a lot of brainwork during identification. Minor access to modern analytics like XRF and microprobe adds to the "engineer's curiosity".

Questions, comments, feedback? Please...
In the last weeks this homepage had visitors from more than 60 different universities all around the globe. That is impressive, thanks for visiting me! But I really would also appreciate some feedback from you or perhaps just a little chat? There must be others out there interested in ore deposits, ore microscopy and related topics....

Email me...
stefan@uranglasuren.com

News:
10. Aug 2014: Zorzone updated
01. Jul 2014: µ-Raman spectroscopy section updated
21. May 2014: Rožná deposit added
22. Oct 2013: Lainejaur updated
14. Oct 2013: Zorzone added and Raman data processing finalized
01. Oct 2013: Raman data processing updated (again…)
14. Sep 2013: Raman data processing updated
01. Sep 2013: Cleuson updated
17. Aug 2013: microfotos to Mte Ramazzo section added


QR codes for this site and for the Raman spectroscopy section:
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Disclaimer:
Finally a little disclaimer: the website here always uses the terms Nic. // and Nic. +. This does not reflect the actual set up, as the Orthoplan is using foil polarizers and not Nicols. The fotos with Nic // are made with the polarizer only. The terms Nic // and Nic + were kept as they are a bridge to the past where ore microscopy was not outrun by other analytical techniques. For the same reason I kept the name „bravoite“ for the Ni-rich pyrite.

Please note that the colors of the images highly depend on your monitor/device and its settings. I try to reproduce them as good as possible, but even the change from the imaging laptop to the desktop here results in major changes.