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Pollen from New Mexico Mt Gambel Oak Honey Through the Microscope

Mt Gambel Oak Honey Pollen

This is pollen found in "Mt Gambel Oak" Honey from the Honey Salon in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mounting medium has a refractive index of 1.704. This is at equitorial focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

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References:

Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.

Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.

Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991