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I think the specimen in question is; Brachysira follis (Ehrenberg) R. Ross The stria is of longitudinal line leading into the centre nodule. It appears to be slightly disfigured. It might be worth looking at Tetracyclus glans (Ehrenberg) F.W.Mills. this is because of the thick stria on one side of t...

I have been unsuccessful in a couple of postings to download photos so I will try here.

OK just seen file too big, now I need to adjust the size of my photos.
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I visited a colleague who lives in London for a visit to the local river, the river Rom. This was to collect a sample of diatoms and hopefully here are some photos of that visit.

Where have my photo's gone?????? Please help thank you.

Hey Guys; There is also another way to clean diatoms without the use of any chemicals. Go to Amateur Diatomist,
Vol 6 pt.1 and Zero chemical cleaning of diatoms.
It really works. Having a few problems downloading my photos.

A different method is to use 'Blue Tack' it works wonders.

Thank you every one. Wow what a welcome, I now need to organise myself to show what work I have undertaken.

Thank you one and all.

Hi to all members of this forum, To introduce myself I use the username of ex-marine as I spent 22years in the Royal Marines. Since retiring I have become a beekeeper with four hives. This in a roundabout way got me into microscopy. I have been carrying out microscopical methods now for about 12-13 ...