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Choronzon
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I found this today

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For my Axiomat Pol. I've been searching for many years, and one finally surfaced. Maybe the only one existing.
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Nice!
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Nice device, a beauty!
As I did read they are no longer made and people trained to use them are also disappearing. Do you actually plan to use it for its intended function?
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Yes I do, Pau. The Axiomat is designed nicely for conoscopic observation and photography, as the observation module has a focusing Bertrand with iris built in. It can also be zoomed and even at minimum magnification to the camera, it already fills the 4x5 and 35mm field. There is also a straight through axial port for c mount or FX format.
They're a bit difficult to set up, and on an Axiomat everything is an ergonomic nightmare, but well worth it because there can be two people simultaneously viewing comfortably with a field number of 26.
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Looks wonderful. I want one! What is it?

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It's a 4 axis Universal stage for observing the crystal axis of minerals. The stage positions a crystal grain in the slide so the axis can be viewed parallel to normal in conoscopic polarized light. This one is for the Axiomat Pol
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fwiw, about 4(?) years ago I saw a Zeiss one for sale for US$20k. That's how highly valued they are.
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Thats a beauty Fiodorov! They are not THAT expensive. I can get you Lomo or Zeiss stage for about 1000- 1500 USD and i think, that i saw them on ebau at ~800USD too.

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maybe the one I saw was a chancer then. Must admit, did make a whoah go through my head
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Axiomat Universal Rotary Stage for Mineralogical Specimens

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Congrats Choronzon,
You are the first Axiomat owner/user I am aware of who has a Axiomat universal rotary stage to use. I would be most curious about the images you will be able to capture with a DSLR of the mineral specimens mounted on your universal rotary stage.

I have a Axiomat with a Module R,(refelected light) base. As you welll know finding accessories for the Axiomat can be a mission impossible adventure. In the process of acquiring accessories for my Axiomat I inevitably acquired far more accessories then I have use for or personal knowledge of their intended purpose.

For example I have unintentionally acquired accessories for Multiple Beam Interference (Tolansky) and Mirau interference. Only a vague idea of how to use either. Not sure I have all the needed accessories. Or specific information on the specimens they were designed for.

Other then the Axiomat manual, a catalog or two, and some some sales brochures I have found no information on how to use Axiomats and its accessories.

I was wondering if you have any information on three Axiomat objectives I ended up with that seem to have dual purposes?

I have two objectives with the following inscription: UD 10X/0.22 Pol-LD 6.3/0.14 Pol-inf/0.17 and one objective with the following inscription: UD 50X/0.65 Pol-LD 32X/0.42-inf/0.17.

Any insight or information would be appreciated.

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Hokan, I sent you a PM
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As you can see, the stage mounted into the Polarizing stage of the Axiomat looks deceptively small and really inaccessible. Adjusting and aligning is going to take a bit of voodo, I'm guessing.
God help me if I drop something down into the transmitted light
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Re: I found this today

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Choronzon wrote:Image
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For my Axiomat Pol. I've been searching for many years, and one finally surfaced. Maybe the only one existing.
Hello Choronzon,

I´m pretty sure that this is not the only one existing. A friend of mine owns the second and one more is resting in my private minilab, waiting fore use since a long time. :(

About 15 years ago I was told by a developer of the Axiomat program that a bit more than 800 Axiomat microscopes were made by ZEISS in Göttingen and about 80-100 of them were equipped with universal stage as a complete Axiomat Pol Microscope. So this special version of universal stage is a rare item. The single objektive nose piece is not often seen as well

Yours seems to be in a nearly new condition. Wish you much fun with this wonderful made and hard to handle :) microscope.

Best regards from Hannover

Wolfgang

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