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Dear geologists...
February 07, 2011, 07:40:26 am
Anyone know where you can get this kind of thing in Sheffield?

http://www.geologysuperstore.com/product/grain-size-card-1562

Need a portable 30m tape too.

Or I'll just order one.

Cheers.

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#1 Re: Dear geologists...
February 07, 2011, 07:43:55 am
If (i'm guessing) this is part of a University Course, the University may well have a load of them bought in bulk?

Of course these may be more expensive than the link you posted, if the lecturers are developing a beer slush fund for when the enevitable job cuts come  ;)

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#2 Re: Dear geologists...
February 07, 2011, 09:46:11 am
Unless they are going to charge you £25 delivery I'd get a couple of those cards ordered online, you'll probably waste hours failing to find one locally, unless there is a local Rocks 'r Us store I don't know about.

Machine mart (bottom of London Rd) for Stanley 30m (or 60m) tapes...

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/30m-long-tape-measure

or ask nicely and you can borrow mine as long as I get it back sometime.  ;)

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#3 Re: Dear geologists...
February 07, 2011, 12:46:26 pm
Not a university course, although I'm getting support from them as an Alumnus.

Nice tape link.

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#4 Re: Dear geologists...
February 08, 2011, 11:56:15 pm
University of Leicester do some awesome grain size cards. i have one that is opaque and amazing. I want a grain size card with an inbuilt SEM, do they exist? Failing that, one that can bosh out a quick gamma and resistivity log, get some porosities and darcies on the go whilst in the field.

eep, just looked at your link, order that one, it's the bollocks.

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#5 Re: Dear geologists...
May 27, 2011, 04:50:16 pm
i've got one from my uni days (just found it under my desk in a field bag) and it's almost identical to your linked one there. Except that mine doesn't say Leicester Uni on it.

What they Do have in common though is the following:

GEO Supplies Ltd, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S30 4XH

they have since moved to Station Road, Chapeltown S35

http://www.geosupplies.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=leicgeograincd

 

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