Fossil diatom arrangement - Triskele second attempt

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Fossil diatom arrangement - Triskele second attempt

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I posted one of these before but labelled it a failure due to the blizzard of floaters shaken loose during mounting. Not happy. Anyway, I made a new batch of fixative which has been working far better, so I chanced another go.

This one went perfectly. A total of 247 forms from various locations with approximately 170 different species (or more - it's tough to count them).

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That's amazing... how do you move them?

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One of the best arrangement i never seen :shock:
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Post by discomorphella »

Stunning. What mountant do you use, and yes, what device to manipulate the diatoms into place?

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Wow, amazing job! =D>

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:shock: :shock: :shock: ..... :smt041

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Yes, how do you do that! Beautiful!!
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Maravilloso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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:smt038

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Post by Anatoly »

Great! Very hard work ...
What micromanipulator?

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Wonderful.

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Post by Beatsy »

Thanks for the comments all. To answer your questions...

1. I use Debe's fixative to attach the diatoms to the coverslip while arranging. Thanks to forum-member Raymond for the recommendation as I was using the fixative after Solliday before that, with mixed results. (http://www.diatomsireland.com/diatom-mo ... adhesives/)

2. I mount the finished arrangement in zrax

3. My micromanipulator was inspired by forum-member Raymond too, in his article at http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art ... atoms.html. I use a stereo zoom instead of a compound microscope and usually work at 40x but will go up to 100x for very small diatoms. The hand-pulled glass needle just moves up and down and the slide is moved around by hand for picking and placement. Picture of my rig below. Note: I improved vastly on Raymond's design by attaching the straightened paper clip with epoxy instead of a clothes peg :D

Then just lots of patience and practice.

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Post by descall »

Superb! Moller would certainly have tipped his cap :lol:

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Post by Marek Mis »

Unbeliveable that you have done it handy ! :shock: Great composition and a lot of work ! Super, congratulations. This is masterpiece.

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Post by Cactusdave »

A really lovely, and technically extremely accomplished arrangement. It certainly can stand company with the very best Victorian and modern examples. The illumination and photography is excellent as well and does the arrangement justice.
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