Image Catalog

Click here to open a printable PDF file containing representative images of possible detritus sources.  Designed for use as a classroom handout.

Clicking on the thumbnails below will open a full-size image.  Use the Back button in your browser to return here. Scroll down for equipment images.

PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION  from the McCrone Research Institute's 
                                           Particle Atlas Electronic Edition

Cotton	Wool	Nylon	Spiderweb
Human Hair	Dog Hair	Insect Parts	Moth Scales
Paper Fibers	Pine pollen	Ragweed	Dandelion
Fern Spores	Spanish Moss	Puffball fungus	Diatoms
Moon Dust	Oil Fly Ash	Oil Soot	Auto Exhaust
Red Rain	Volcanic Ash	Quartz (Sand)	Street Dust

SAMPLE SLIDES  using compound microscope with mounted digital camera

Field of view at 50x is 4mm wide,
field of view at 100x is 2mm wide.

This set was collected by the 8th graders of Beulah Middle School, Beulah ND.

100x lignite ash	100x lignite ash	100x fertilizer?	100x fertilizer? xp
100x granulated	100x granulated	100x bulk comp	100x plant matter?
100x resinated grain	100x scoria (clay)	100x volcanic glass	100x volcanic glass
100x volcanic glass	100x volcanic glass	100x volcanic glass

These images are from collections made by CCRI students in Lincoln, RI and from references
compiled by NADP staff.

50x Filter only	50x household dust	50x household dust	100x household
50x organic debris	50x organic debris	50x flower pollen	100x flower pollen
50x road sand	100x road sand	50x RI science class	100x RI science
50x Murray collect	100x Murray collect	50x olivine sand	50x mica sand
50x windowsill dust	100x windowsill	50x magnetite sand	50x N slide

100x N slide

100x millipore filter

SAMPLE SLIDES  using dissecting scope with mounted digital camera

Field of view at 10x is 10mm x 7.5mm,
field of view at 50x is 2mm x 1.5mm.

EQUIPMENT

common compound microscope

   flat-bottom drip-type coffee filter

   folded 5'x5' nylon fabric collector

   coffee can with bottom cut out

   can with cut-out lid

   can, filter, and lid

   can, filter, and lid attached