We hope that teachers, students, enthusiasts and casual browsers will all use the Virtual Microscope system, either independently or as an adjunct to physical microscope systems.

We welcome enquiries, comments, suggestions and feedback on any aspect of the Virtual Microscope for Earth Sciences, so please email us at:

virtual-microscope@open.ac.uk.

"May your petrological samples
be always fresh and free from alteration
(unless you are actually studying the alteration...)
and your light source everlasting - 
or at least not prone to unexpectedly evolving plumes of thick white smoke and triggering the fire alarm¹"

Ancient² petrographer's proverb

¹ Actual game footage

² OK, maybe not that ancient...