Dear mineralogy colleagues! Although I have been working in my own water treatment business for the last 20 years I always keep my eyes and ears tuned to what is going on in the MSA. This forum is a great way to keep tabs on so many interesting topics, and I love receiving the messages and perusing Am Min. During a recent major clean-out of my storage shed I unearthed my entire collection of petrographic thin sections that I used during my amphibole research while at JHU. These are mainly samples of amphibolite, blueschist, eclogite, and epidote bearing high pressure rocks, among others. I was so excited to find them and realized that I have no means of studying them! I am writing to this group in the hopes that there might be the possibility to find and obtain a used, working, fully equipped petrographic microscope from some Mineralogy Department out there that is no longer being used and has been mothballed somewhere. I would ideally like to get a trinocular microscope so I could capture digital images. I am also game to purchase a new microscope, but am not sure what is out there that is reasonably affordable and has good optics and all the necessary components for good optical microscopy. Any recommendations for choosing a good petrographic scope would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to everyone in advance! Best regards, Gene Smelik *Eugene A. Smelik Ph.D.* Vice President Kinetico-Advanced Water Systems, Inc. GSmelik.Kinetico@AWSSENC.com (919) 772-4488 (Office) (919) 815-0380 (Voice) <http://www.kineticonc.com/> <http://facebook.com/Kineticoadvancedwater> <https://www.instagram.com/kineticoadvancedwater/> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinetico-advanced-water-systems-inc/> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW0c0Upi-EVJ115_m2frFzQ>