Plant silica bodies (also callled silicophytoliths and plant opal) can be extracted from plant tissues or from soils. I wonder about the best method to stain these small particles in order to visualise and photograph them better under the petrographic microscope.
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Greetings!
Perhaps Dan Binkley or Gene Kelly know, Colorado State.
Your friend,
Dan
Greetings from Brazil Daniel,
Can you send me their e-maisl to mine: [email protected] ?
By the way:
I have mentioned some of your research on my new textbook : a few pages of it can be tasted in:
http://issuu.com/ofitexto/docs/degustacao-19-licoes-pedologia-igo-lepsch?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222
Olá Fernando,
Já experimentamos colorir com Violeta Genciana ( methyl violet ) e obtivemos bons resultados
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