Playing with human bone

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:06 pm

Thin section of human compact bone in an antique slide.
The mineral matter in bone (hydroxiapatite) is arranged in concentric layers and is an interesting subjet for study under polarized light.

Leitz NPL Fluotar 16X 0.45. Magnification on 7D sensor 25X. Levels slighly corrected.

1- Brightfield

2- Crossed polarizers

3- Crossed polarizers and full wave plate

4- Crossed polarizers and 1/4 wave plate

5- Crossed polarizers +1/4 wave plate + objective DIC prism as retarder

6- DIC

I prefer the DIC and BF ones, what do you think?

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:11 pm

1 - DIC
2 - crossed polarizers
3 - I can't decide, but the first two from my list are nice (:

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:15 pm

4, crossed polars + 1/4 wave
1 brightfield

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:26 pm

Wow, amazing set.

My favorites: DIC and crossed polarizers and 1/4 wave plate.

Rogelio

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:50 am

Litonotus, Chris, Rogelio
Many thanks for comment them.