I like it! is this with or without coverslip? I notice theres some dark spots on the right side, is that dust on your camera/optics or dust on the crystals? When making crystal melts or solutions I really try to filter them thru coffee filter and make sure no dust lands on the slide when crystallizi...

Awesome! Love these types of diatoms. Like small little jewlery boxes. Thanks

Here are some pics of a potassium salt evaporated from a water solution. I really like this salt because you seem to get a variety of shapes and patterns. Its fun as it tends to form these clusters of trapezoid/hexagonal shapes too. 2x, 10x, and 20x objectives and 533nm tint plate used. Last two ima...

I have a MVI Darklight as well. Need to drag it out of storage and use it a bit. Thanks for reminding me!

How did you prepare this? Can you just crush up a tylenol pill and dissolve in water or do you have to do a melt slide?

Thanks!

More Salicylic acid. Olympus BH2, Splan APO 10x, 1.67x NFK projection Lens onto sensor
First image crossed polarization, second with 533nm waveplate inserted.

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I may have one of these adapters mounted to an olympus AC-2? Condenser. I was wondering why the bottom part was metal...i am away from it for the next week but can send photos when i return. It os for sale too.

Inspired by recent posts by Sumguy and Robert Berdan here is Salicylic acid diluted in isopropanol air dried onto slide. Reichert Zetopan IK Microscope with Olympus Splan Apo 10,20,40x objectives. Used gimp to auto white balance and sharpness adjust.

Since we all love diatoms 'round these parts. Here is some diatomaceous earth (Dicalite 341) imaged at 1000-3000x mag. I am trying to dial in the resolution of the SEM system and these seem to be a good test target. Carbon coated. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/5230_colorizedimage16_1...

Various shots of praying mantis imaged with scanning electron microscope at 50-200x magnification. Not quite sure whats causing the streaks and over saturation but this was my first attempt at gold sputter coating and I may not have the parameters dialed in yet. I'm really impressed with the "snares...

looks similar setup to a pipette grinder :
http://products.narishige-group.com/gro ... glish.html

Are there any left or did i miss the boat?

I do not miss the humidity in Houston, lived there for almost 4 years. The medical center area is very impressive. My mothers side is from lethbridge - barnwell area, have an aunt in calgary. Have not been to alberta in 15 years. I lucked out with this unit, its a late 80s/early 90s model JEOL but i...

Ha! all I can say is, be careful what you wish for