Discover the new
possibilities ofautomated petrography

ZEISS Axioscan 7

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ZEISS Axioscan 7
Digitize your thin sections with Axioscan 7 – the reliable,reproducible way to create high quality, digitized petrography
data in transmitted and reflected light.
Quick and easy thin section

The excellence of the components

with trusted ZEISS optical quality this

digitization with automated image

guarantees the excellence of theensures consistent and reproducableacquisition in multiple light modes

image – just as you would expect fromimaging and analysis. The ZEN Pol

a ZEISS device. Axioscan 7 expands theViewer allows for complex multichannel

possibilities of automated petrographypolarization data to be visualized andby combining unique motorizedinterrogated in an intuitive environment

polarization acquisition modes withas a virtual petrographic microscope.

a rich software ecosystem for visualiza-

Data can be stored locally or automati-tion, analysis, and collaboration.

cally uploaded to the cloud for online
visualization, distribution and collabo-

Fully automated acquisition now comes

ration, allowing researchers to sharewith unprecendented speed across even

their images online and organize entire

the largest sample collections. Coupledprojects on the go.

Visualize complex digitized

A variety of super-fast imaging

High power LED allows for

petrographic datamodes

extremely rapid digitization

Go beyond the standard petrographic

The innovative motorized stage andThe new high power VisLED is 4X

microscope with the new ZEN Pol

image acquisition system allows

more powerful than previous systems,

Viewer to navigate the rich petrographic

automatic switching between different

allowing for high-speed continuous data

thin section datasets

imaging modes to adapt to the different

acquisition even in polarization illumina-requirements of your applications.

tion modes.

Ppol(or Plane Pol)Xpol
(or CrossedPol)
Segmented /classified image

Angular phasesolution
Identified
crystal grains

1 mm

Unique ZEN Pol Viewer allows multiple image

Composite multichannel acquisition of Berea Sand-

Fully automated polarization components,

modalities to be viewed side by side. This includes

stone, showing Brightfield acquisition (top), crossed

coupled with high power illumination, allow forsimultaneous rotation of the sample in PPL andpolarized (birefringent) acquisition, the result ofunprecedented digitization of petrographic data.

XPL, giving an exceptional virtual petrographic

phase segmentation (center), angular phase solu-

microscope experience.

tion and identified crystal grains (bottom). Machinelearning segmentation is used to classify pore(gold), quartz (light blue), Calcite (dark blue), Micas(red) and opaque minerals (green and yellow).

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Applications

Thin section of Karlsbader Sprudelstein, scanned• Petrography• Mineralogy• Petrology• Mining• Geoscience• Oil and gas• Geology• Paleontology

with 10x N-Achroplan 0.45 Pol. A merged image ofthe cross linear polarized light channels is shown.
Sample courtesy of Bernardo Cesare, Università diPadova, Italy• GeochemistryYour Flexible Choice of Components

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1 Microscope

3 Illumination

4 Cameras• Axioscan 7• Transmitted light: LED (wavelength• Axiocam 705 color• Magazines for 12 or 100 slides• Trays for four 26 mm × 77 mm

400 to 700 nm)• Fluorescence: LED: 385 nm, 423 nm,slides, two 52 mm × 77 mm slides

469 nm, 511 nm, 555 nm, 590 nm, 		or 28 mm × 48 mm and631 nm, 735 nm

106 mm × 77 mm slides

Filter wheels:• Axiocam 712 mono
• Hamamatsu ORCA-Flash 4.05 Software• ZEN slidescan• 10-position ACR for filter cubes or• ZEN lite

2 Objectives• 6-position high-speed excitation• ZEN Intellesis• Fluar (5×)

• 6-position high-speed beamsplitter• N-Achroplan Pol (5×, 10×, 20×)
• Plan-Apochromat (10×, 20×, 40×)and 6-position high-speed emission• ZEN Image Analysis• ZEN Data Storage & Data Explorer• ZEISS Solutions Lab• EC Plan-Neofluar Pol (20×, 40×)
• EC Epiplan-Neofluar Pol(5×, 10×, 20×, 50×)• Other objectives on request

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www.zeiss.com/axioscan-geo

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