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Clothing Fiber Under the Microscope

Clothing Fiber

This is a tapelift from a home showing a variety of clothing fiber among the house dust. It includes linen, cotton, mercerized cotton, and nylon. The transparent flakes in the background are skin flakes. There is a mite leg in the upper left of the image.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light Illumination

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