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House Dust Through the Microscope

House Dust

This is a general field of view from a house dust tapelift. The little circles with crosses are starch grains. The flat colored particle just right and above center is from cosmetics. Most of the white fibers are paper fibers. The flat colorless particles are primarily human skin flakes. There is one glass fiber halfway to the left edge from center.

Transmitted Off Crossed Polarized Light Illumination

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