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House Dust Humus Under the Microscope

House Dust Humus

This is from an environmental tapelift collected from a window sill in Southern Califronia. The calcium oxalate phytoliths show no thermal degradation. The particle appears black with reflected light.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light

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