Geology Loupes-Hand Lenses
Pocket Magnifier Loupes
Inspect, Identify or Classify?
Let Nothing Escape Your Eye!
Need to see? The top row below has best bang for your buck whether gardening or doing field studies.
Have to identify/classify minerals, plants or insects? Metal doublets/triplets make the finest features stand out.
Want more magnification & a visual record? Phone Camera Loupe “Dissecting Microscope” turns 10X into 50X!
Buy just one or save on volume-discounts start at just two!
What Some Customers Say
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Laura Sudweeks:
Ordered 100 magnifying glasses for a marketing project. First I started on Amazon, but they only allowed me to order 10 at a time. That was a waste of my time and a complete pain...
Jeanne Paquette:
Indigo Instruments has been a reliable source of affordable hand lenses for beginners in our earth sciences courses at McGill University... Indigo Instruments offers us the best quality:price ratio...
Christine Mason: So happy to have stumbled upon this company while looking for magnifying glasses to gift to my kindergarten students as an end of year gift. Ordering was super easy and delivery was quick too. …
John Ford: I ordered two kinds of loupes for studying plants and fungi and some magnifying glasses for my children, they are all well made, well priced and were easy to order online and then pick up at the store. The service was prompt and courteous too. Highly recommend.
Betsey Hall My small business has ordered linen/pic counters for over ten years from Indigo. Each experience was very positive. ...I have appreciated the very professional personnel at Indigo.
Plastic Frame/Glass Geology Hand Lenses
Plastic cased magnifiers are the most economical and come with relatively large lenses (30mm/1.25") and are good for insect, plant or spider identification. The basic model has a 5X lens. Two other models come with 2 or 3 5X lenses that when lined up form compound lens of 10X & 15X respectively. There is also a 10X 50mm (2") if you prefer a larger lens. All models have glass lenses.
Metal Frame/Glass Geology Hand Lenses
Lens are a bit like prisms, they refract white light into its constituent colors. For many objects, this doesn't matter but for highly colored objects like minerals or even insects this can distort what you are seeing. Doublet & triplet lens loupes are cemented together to correct for this. Doublets for two colors & triplets for three.
If you are trying to decide whether you need a metal loupe or plastic one, check out our blog: What Magnifying Glass Do I Need for Biology?
School or Club Branding?
We can imprint any of these magnifier with your club, school or business logo. The best examples are on the 10X plastic loupe & 10X 17mm metal loupe. See our blog on Metallic Gold Logo Magnifiers & for ideas.
