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Micropaleontological & Microscopy Labs The micropaleontological laboratory at Colgate University is fully equipped to prepare quantitative diatom slides using the standard random settling method and to measure biogenic silica by spectrophotometric analysis. Microscopes in this lab and the nearby microscopy lab include: an Olympus Research Stereozoom Model SZX12 with PMC350X photography system, and Olympus BX50 and Olympus BX60 infinity corrected microscopes, both with BX-FLA reflected light fluorescence attachments for epi-fluorescence microscopy. The BX60 is attached to a Hitachi Digital Camera with Flashpoint digital imaging software. In addition, four research quality Nikon E400 epi-fluorescence microscopes are available at Colgate University (via an NSF/RUI award); all equipped with SPOT color CCD cameras and image acquisition software from Diagnostic Imaging.   Last updated 1/11