Micromount
Sign in to saveMicromount is term used by mineral collectors and amateur geologists to describe mineral specimens that are best appreciated using an optical aid, commonly a hand-lens or a binocular microscope. The magnification employed ranges from 10 to 40 times.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Micromount, and connects out to mineral, microscope and crystal.
It is catalogued under the topic Mineralogy.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Micromounts
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- External links
- References
Micromount is term used by mineral collectors and amateur geologists to describe mineral specimens that are best appreciated using an optical aid, commonly a hand-lens or a binocular microscope. The magnification employed ranges from 10 to 40 times.
A micromount is permanently mounted in some kind of box and labelled with the name of the mineral and the location from which it came. Proper mounting both preserves delicate crystals, and facilitates their handling.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Micromount” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.