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Microscopy Resource Center
November 5, 2012 | Olympus

Olympus has published a “Microscopy Resource Center” where you can learn about microscopy, microscopes, light, color, fluorescence and more. A gallery of polarized light images includes about 120 rock and mineral specimens.


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