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Below are links to several galleries, mostly containing photographs of microscope slides with diatoms, both fossil and recent. All slides shown are home made. A big thanks goes out to the people who kindly donated the raw material that provided the diatoms in the Palos Verdes peninsula, Newport Back Bay, Mors and Oamaru galleries.  
Photos and galleries are regularly added...

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  1. October 6, 2009: 2 recent slides with diatoms from Saint-Laurent-la-Vernede, Gard, France

  2. January 2, 2009: 3 slides with diatoms from Forrester's Hill, Oamaru NZ

  3. August 28, 2008. Oamaru, Quiz slide & Mors diatoms

  4. June 8, 2008. Diatoms from Curaçao (recent) and Mors Denmark (fossil)

  5. January 31, 2008. Palos Verdes & Hoofdplaat diatoms, a new exhibition slide and some forams...

  6. October 29. Radiolaria (unknown preparer), and PV Sunnyfield Dr & Malaga Cove diatoms

  7. September 17. Toomebridge Northern Ireland (only 4 photos...)

  8. July 9, 2007. More Palos Verdes diatoms...

  9. June 1, 2007

  10. March 14, 2007

  11. Januari 12, 2007

  12. fossil marine diatoms from Palos Verdes peninsula (U.S.A.)

  13. fossil marine diatoms from Palos Verdes Peninsula (U.S.A); sample Sunnyfield Drive

  14. fossil marine diatoms from Oamaru (New Zealand) locations Forrester's and Cormack's

  15. fossil marine diatoms from Newport Back Bay (U.S.A.)

  16. recent marine diatoms from Hoofdplaat (Westerschelde estuary, province of Zeeland, Netherlands)

  17. fossil marine diatoms from the island of Mors (Denmark)

  18. arrangements & miscellaneous