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Thanks Rossf and PeteM! I think I've seen these lens wipes, I'll give them a try. But I'm pretty sure the big smudges are actual damage to the mirror, so this will probably not fix that. Replacing the mirror with a new piece of glass seems risky to me; if it doesn't work then I can no longer use the...

Thanks PeteM! As for your suggestions: 1) The little white spots are dust, but the smudges are real damage to the mirror, so cleaning probably won't fix it. 2) You mean I could just replace this piece of coated glass, and glue a replacement into that brass (?) frame? Where could I find such a mirror...

Hello everyone, I've had this microscope for more than a decade. It's an Olympus model E, with an epi-illumination option: https://www.tinytransistors.net/other/micro/Olympus%20E_1%20(Medium).JPG I can find very little information on it online; apparently this illumination type was not very common. ...