This page provides a summary of forensic microscopy procedures and includes an index to key articles on microscope procedures such as slide preparation, microscope adjustment, and interpretation of findings in microscopic samples.

These articles assist mold and other aerobiology or forensic laboratories and technicians by listing laboratory and microscopy education courses, equipment, and resources.

Microscope Techniques, Training, Resources for Forensic Building Investigation or Indoor Air Quality & Dust, Mold, or Other Particle Identification

Readers should also see SLIDE PREPARATION, MICROSCOPE where we describe mold test and forensic microscopy slide preparation procedures.

See MICROSCOPE SLIDE PREP - PERMANENT MOUNTS where we describe using meltmount or Canada balsam and similar products for permananent microscope slide preparation.

More microscope slide procedures are described at PAINT LAB SAMPLE PREPARATION.

Photo: Purolite water softener resin beads under the stereo microscope, discussed at WATER SOFTENER RESIN REPLACEMENT and also at SLIPPERY STAIRS, WALKS, ROOFS where we explain SCOF the static coefficient of friction.

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• ASBESTOS in TALCUM POWDER includes photographs through the microscope of talc in transmitted and polarized light.
• Basics of Microscopy UCLA Brain Research Institute - types of light, photomicrography, a good starting point.
• Microscopy-UK general resource, training, and supplies
• MICROSCOPE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - how to prepare and catalog digital images taken through the microscope
• MICROSCOPE SLIDE PREP - PERMANENT MOUNTS using meltmount or Canada balsam and similar products for permananent microscope slide preparation
• Light & Microscopes Larry Legg's funky introduction
• MOLD by MICROSCOPE illustrates the use of microscopy to identify mold genera and species
• Dark field illumination, Larry Legg
• PAINT LAB SAMPLE PREPARATION using microscopy and simple microchemical methods for paint analysis
• PAINT FAILURE ANALYSIS LAB PHOTOS - examples of paint failures detected in the forensic laboratory
• Polarized Light illumination, David Walker
• Polarized light illumination - Do-it-yourself, cheap
• Phase Contrast illumination and other methods, Larry Legg
• McCrone Research Institute Teaching light microscopy, pollen and spore identification
• McBain Instruments Reference Library

Microscope Equipment & Suppliers

In our Lab

• Bioscope #60 projection Standard Microscope, Boltaron case, 10x, 20x, 6.5mm eyepiece. (Fiber identification and image projection especially for fiber identification and forensic studies).
  
  Also see FIBER & HAIR IDENTIFICATION
• Olympus Microscopes – biological sample examination – Olympus CH-2 trinocular, w/Nikon Coolpix 900 digital camera, #5F0837, 30W, 100, 40, 25, 10x, glass condenser, field diaphragm
• Polam Microscope, trinocular – forensic microscopy, polarized light, magnification to 1920x – Lomo Polam L213TR #NXA0256, complete, w/Nikon Coolpix 900, & rotary interference monochrometer Fisher Scientific – biological science lab supplies
• Unico ZM180 trinocular stereo zoom microscope BL122, focus, light stand, tilt mirror base, 10x eyepieces, 2x front, lamp, bulb, Coolpix adapter, filters, fiber optic light

Other microscope and forensic microscopy laboratory equipment sources of interest

• Brunel microscopes
• Leica microsystems
• McBain Instruments
• McCrone Research Institute - biological and forensic microscopy education and equipment
• Nikon bioscience division
• The UCLA link listed under Techniques above includes web pages of manufacturers of microscopes.
• Wild microscopes – see Ebay for used equipment
• Zeiss microscopes

 

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