The photo below is the first photo I took of a microscopic view of
scrapings of my small piece of the Murchison meteorite. For this
observation I simply scraped the outside of the specimen onto a drop
of water on microscope slide and then I placed a cover slip on it.
This first sample was done more to perfect the technique than to
acquire any specific data about the contents of the meteorite. Below
the photos is an illustrated explanation of how I took the photo.
I needed a way to take the photo of the microscopic view of the particles from the Murchison meteorite. The microvideo systems that
are available run into the thousands of dollars while the latest
computer microscope systems are still in the area of around $800.
Not having those expensive items, I simply placed a Color Quickcam
on top of the eyepiece of a student microscope and connected it to
A MAC Performa Power PC and I had microscope camera for only around
$200. Color Quickcams are also available for MS Windows. The two
views of the setup below are self-explanatory. Try it, you will be
impressed with the results. You can also take short movies with
the same system.
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