[Histonet] Crystal/Mount

John Kiernan jkiernan <@t> uwo.ca
Sat Feb 27 01:10:42 CST 2010


You're quite right René .
Googling "crystalmount" brings up a helpful item (for a competing mounting medium) at the top of the heap, with detailed instructions for use. 
 
The third and fifth hits are also helpful. Unfortunately these are followed by hundreds of  items, most having nothing to do with microtechnique! 
 
The refractive index of CrystalMount is very low (1.35) but it increases with drying to something close to that of a regular resinous mountant (>1.5). See http://www.proscitech.com.au 
 
It is unfortunate that the compositions of most resinous mounting media are trade secrets. It's possible (in principle) to make up your own Canada balsam (very expensive) or DPX (might not work; bought DPX is sometimes NBG!).  There are plenty of aqueous mountants that can easily be made in any lab or kitchen, some with refractive indices >1.5. 
 
John Kiernan
Anatomy, UWO
London, Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: Rene J Buesa rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com

> Why you just don't Google it?
> René J.
> 
> --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Yaskovich, Ruth A (NIH/NIDCR) [E] 
> <ryaskovich <@t> dir.nidcr.nih.gov> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Yaskovich, Ruth A (NIH/NIDCR) [E] 
> <ryaskovich <@t> dir.nidcr.nih.gov>Subject: [Histonet] Crystal/Mount
> 
> I know this has been asked before. Where can I purchase 
> Crystal/Mount mounting media?
> Thanks
> Ruth N.I.H.


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