Marine diatom strew slide

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Marine diatom strew slide

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These are from a Carolina Biological Supply marine diatom strew slide. The mount is .77mm thick, so I think the overall thickness of the mount (mountant and cover slip) really negatively affects getting a decent image out of these slides. They might be good enough for students, but not being to use a 60x objective (these were all shot with a 40x) was very frustarting. I don't think the stains helped any. I think the best approach is a water wet mount with a very thin cover glass.

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Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

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