Hello Klaus, I finally met up with Mr. Solliday on Saturday, he sends his best, and I asked him about your presentation here in the states. He remembered your...
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klaus.kemp
Jul 9, 2012 1:14 pm
Charles, Good to hear that Jim is in good shape. Sorry to hear he did not remember the splitting of a frustule, perhaps if you were to ask other members they...
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tsuperbus
Jul 9, 2012 7:16 pm
This may be of interest to members; a quote from this month's Micscape frontpage: "In Focus: Universal coordinate method for locating light-microscope...
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Jake Pelletier
jakepelletier
Jul 10, 2012 12:55 am
Hi Raymond, May I request a copy please. Thanks. Take care, Jake...
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charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 11, 2012 3:50 pm
Hi Klaus, Don’t worry about finding the DVD. This discussion has reached the point where you have provided enough information for me to actually try to...
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pennine56
Jul 14, 2012 1:34 pm
... Hello Raymond I tried the method between two very different stands with a busy strew slide, a LOMO Biolam and a Zeiss Photomicroscope III. The varying...
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charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 14, 2012 5:21 pm
Hello Dick, As you might guess my time for diatom work has been very limited of late. It is fortunate that I find working at the microscope therapeutic so I...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 14, 2012 6:48 pm
Charles, Thanks for your note! And not to worry -- I understand perfectly well that your time for diatom study is limited, and have no problem at all with...
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Rob Kimmich
diatom10
Jul 15, 2012 2:04 am
After reading the paper by Frithjof et alia, I did not have a diamond scribe so I tried an inexpensive tungsten-carbide drill bit and was able to scratch a...
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charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 15, 2012 5:48 am
Hi Dick, The error on Tafel 108 is noted. You had pointed out this error in an earlier communication. Some new slides will be most welcome. I have new samples...
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Rob Kimmich
diatom10
Jul 15, 2012 5:23 pm
Hi Charles, Which Temescal Creek are you sampling? A web search shows one in Oakland, one in Riverside County, and one in San Diego County. Some time ago, I...
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charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 15, 2012 6:19 pm
Hello Rob, I am collecting samples of Temescal Creek in Riverside. I collect at the far western end just before it ends at the Prado basin, Prado dam. I have...
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Rob Kimmich
diatom10
Jul 16, 2012 3:56 am
Thanks for the details, Charles! Nice study you are doing. -Rob ... Thanks for the details, Charles! Nice study you are doing. -Rob On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 16, 2012 4:13 pm
Rob and Charles, I also collect a bit in intermittent watercourses here in Arizona, and they do indeed offer some very interesting flora. I have also...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 16, 2012 10:21 pm
I have uploaded images of two species of Stauroneisfound on the test slide from Molas Pass, CO, that I mentioned earlier. Unfortunately, the still-dirty...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 21, 2012 3:32 pm
I have just completed a few strew slides from Fool Hollow Lake, an interesting impoundment in the White Mountains of Arizona. The sample was a squeeze of...
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urginia
Jul 22, 2012 2:10 pm
Dick, a great photo for such a small diatom showing so clearly the "extra" row of punctae - thank you. I am afraid that I would probably have identified it...
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charles
suslavage...
Jul 22, 2012 4:06 pm
Hi Dick, The Pinnularia image is of the only example I've found at Temescal creek. I collected a dried mud sample after the rainy season had passed, hard to...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 22, 2012 6:04 pm
Brian, Goodness, you have just opened a big can of worms for me -- which I much appreciate! I have been furiously digging since seeing your message this...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 23, 2012 2:01 pm
Charles, An interesting sampling! I surely understand what you mean about it being hard to clean, although it looks like you are doing rather well at this. ...
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urginia
Jul 23, 2012 3:00 pm
Dick, indeed you have been very busy - on a Sunday - a rest day as well ! I cannot follow your arguments too closely as I do not have access to some of the...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 23, 2012 4:06 pm
Brian, Thanks for the link -- I was not aware of this site. The first three of their images look like mine, and I would now call them F. dissipatoides. The...
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leszekwolnik
Jul 24, 2012 12:06 pm
Hello everyone Apologies for being so quiet these days but we're a little preoccupied in Ireland at present. I'm also mortified with embarrassment at not...
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Keith Shaw
scitech200
Jul 24, 2012 3:43 pm
I'm still very limited re time available for playing with a microscope. But I do get out for some fresh air and to be able to hike into local ponds to collect...
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charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 25, 2012 5:47 am
Hi Dick, I think for purposes of identification a dirty slide within limits is acceptable for identification purposes. I am still trying to refine my cleaning...
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klaus.kemp
Jul 25, 2012 6:25 am
Charles, Have you considered the following? The larger rubble can be panned out much like the gold panners do. The finer particulates can be seperated with a...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 25, 2012 2:58 pm
Charles, I certainly agree about dirty slides being acceptable for identification work. As long as one can get a reasonably good view of a diatom, a dirty...
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Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 26, 2012 2:32 pm
Yesterday I finished acid treatment of a diatom sample from Cave Creek, a small stream near Phoenix that produces a couple of "desert oases". This sample was...
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Rob Kimmich
diatom10
Jul 27, 2012 1:01 am
Nice, Dick!...
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charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 28, 2012 5:31 am
Hello Klaus, Sorry for the delay in responding, time is currently a problem. I have and do employ the gold panning method but not consistently. My results ...
