“Particle size analysis: A comparison of laboratory-based techniques and their application to geoscience” has been added to our list of adcademic papers >>

2024-10-20

Dr.Ricki Walker presented at the Geo4.0 conference in Saudi Arabia. >>

2024-10-30

Dr.Barrie Wells presented “The Rise of the Scanners : From Polars to Pixels” to the 39th Meeting of the Applied Petrography Group, The Geological Society, London. >>

2025-02-24

Dr. Ricki Walker is attending the 5th EAGE Digitalisation conference in Edinburgh with the poster session “Developments in Management and Analysis of Scanned Whole Sample Thin Section Images”.  >>

2025-03-22

Microsoft have given 14/10/2025 as the date of end of support for Windows 10. PETROG/PetrogLite will continue to run on those platforms, and we will continue to support them as much as we are able, but upgrades to PETROG/PetrogLite and support for the third party items such as cameras and the database will become limited. We recommend Windows 11 as the platform for new PETROG/PetrogLite installations.

2025-04-09

PETROG will be on show at the Tidalites conference in Liverpool,  9-11th September  >>

2025-08-20

East China University visited the PETROG stand today at the Tidalites conference in Liverpool

2025-09-10

PETROG is used globally by 10 of the top 25 Universities, including 2 of the top 3.

Source: Best Universities for Geology in the World, EduRank.org [Feb 2024]

PETROG  is the only fully automated stepping stage and is an ideal upgrade or replacement from semi-automated devices and for the Prior Scientific / Hacker Instruments / Swift electro-mechanical microscope slide stepper.

PETROG is compatible with all leading rotating stage microscopes.

PETROG is the solution for contractors gathering data.

PETROG is the best way to collate, analyse, report and present data.

PETROG is ideal for teaching and training.

PETROG can work with photos and whole slide scanned images, allowing you to work remotely or digitalise your archive of legacy data.

PETROG can structure your data sets to make them AI ready.

PetrogLite entry level software and the digital SteppingStage make point counting simple.

PETROG has been developed to assist with point counting. Designed specifically to make the process more efficient and user-friendly and provide accurate data.

PETROG incorporates visualization techniques and statistics to aid in the analysis of petrographic thin sections in transmitted light and of polished blocks in reflected light.

PETROG features our digitally controlled, fully automated, precision SteppingStage.

PETROG integrates with your high-resolution scanner, or your microscope camera to work with real-time video images and provide virtual slides and whole slide mosaics using image stitching.

Digital petrography for the 21st Century using PETROG™ : the complete digital petrography system