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Optical Microscopy
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A range of microscopic techniques can be used to examine particles and larger objects at magnifications ranging from x1 to x400. Samples can be examined either in three-dimensions by binocular microscopy, or in thin section using transmitted light microscopy. For specific purposes fluorescence light microscopy can also be used. The images can be captured digitally and exported for image analysis.

 

     Optical microscopy
Optical microscopy and digital capture equipment           Digital microscope image of beach sand grains (x 10)

    
Debris removed from footwear during a forensic              Geological thin sections prepared from a series of
investigation (x 10)                                                          gravel particles

    
Thin section of a particle of pumice (x 40)                           Thin section of sandstone particle (x 40)

    
Binocular microscope image of a piece of bone under      Fluorescence microscope image of the same piece of
plain light conditions                                                        bone

 


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