1. Making thin slice technique
Foraminifera Fosil

2. Terms of standard slice:
Thick slice evenly around 0:05 mm
Not damaged or broken so that the fossil appears intact
Clean means free from dirt
from gas bubbles
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3. Tools and Material: Tools: Stone cutter Stone teaser Glass teaser
The heater
Pinset Tweezers
Glass objects and glass deg
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4. Samples of fossil foram Powder karborundum Canadian Balsam / glue
Material:
Samples of fossil foram
Powder karborundum
Canadian Balsam / glue
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5. Work Step: Choose a good fossil, does not mean obsolete or cracked
Asahlah fossil is contiguous to the alternately thin and invisible to the structure of room-rooms.
When the fossil was thin plane within each time observed under the microscope to see if has seen room equatorialnya
The fossil was thin and clear rooms equatorialnya then cleaned and dried
Fossil is placed on object glass and then covered with glass cover.

6. Task Students learn to make big slice fossil foram
Students create horizontal and vertical slice
Student make reports