I ordered some diatoms from Diatoms.NL and while waiting for them to arrive, it occurred to me that I had better have a technique for mounting them ready before I waste any of them.
I decided to work things out with Diatomacious earth.
Here is a light strew after about a dozen attempts.
Olympus BX40
40x PH2
Canada Balsam
14 shot stack
Enjoy,
Radazz
Diatomacious Earth
Diatomacious Earth
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
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Hi Radazz,
you might use a 25µ sieve on your material to remove the broken pieces and keep the whole diatoms. I use stainless steel mesh from ebay to make those sieves.
Bob
you might use a 25µ sieve on your material to remove the broken pieces and keep the whole diatoms. I use stainless steel mesh from ebay to make those sieves.
Bob
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Re: Diatomacious Earth
Very nice! I didn't know it looked like that. Thanks for sharing!
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Great idea, Bob, just ordered a set.MicroBob wrote:Hi Radazz,
you might use a 25µ sieve on your material to remove the broken pieces and keep the whole diatoms. I use stainless steel mesh from ebay to make those sieves.
Bob
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Re: Diatomacious Earth
Bonjour
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Cordialement seb
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Cordialement seb
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