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Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.

Surface Texture

Surface texture is different that surface features in that textures may vary over the particle but features have a specific geometry. As an example, a pollen may have three pores and have enchiate features but may have a scabrate texture at the poles and reticulate texture equitorially.

. . . Reflected Darkfield

Weld Debris Magnetite Crystal, Beach at Makauwahi Cave,Kauai

. . . Transmitted Brightfield

Euglypha Arcella1a

. . . . . . Reticulate

Red Clover (Trifolium pretense) Pollen

. . . . . . Striate

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) Pollen Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Pollen

. . . Filled Elastomer

Hard Rubber Bumper

. . . Scabrate

Blackberry Pollen Under the Microscope