Silk Tie

I cut a small piece out of the silk tie, and mounted it on a slide.

Silk from above tie. Note the ink, applied to surface of fibers.

Silk fibers in woven section of the tie above, and separated below. These are the white fibers, photographed in crossed polarization. Magnification approx 100x. Combination of 4 photos using Helicon Focus stacking software.

Mint flavored dental floss. Small particles of the mint flavoring can be seen. Magnification approx 70 X.

A piece of white nylon mesh in Brightfield lighting. This knotted pattern can not be seen with the naked eye. Magnification approx 70 X.

Same nylon mesh as above, in polarized light. Magnification approx 28 X. Background using crossed polarization with plastic interference plate.

Red nylon mesh. This is basically the same as the white nylon, however, you can see that the actual nylon fiber is colored. Knotting structure not visible to the naked eye. Magnification approx 70 X.

Fiberglass. Taken from a fiberglass tub-patch repair kit.  Magnification approx 70 X.

Industrial wire. Approx magnification 28 x. This wire is .0005 inch in diameter. It is a fine industial wire used in the electronics industry.Shown at  28 X it is about 1/3 the thickness of human hair.  Fiber optic illumination from the top, and Rheinberg yellow center stop below.

Same wire as above at approx magnification 70 X.

Kevlar. Magnification approx 70 X. Used red Rheinberg center stop below, and fiber optic illumination from above.

Leaf fiber.  This spring-like fiber was found when a leaf from the Amazon River area was pulled apart. Spring-like fibers seem to hold the leaf's structure in place. Magnification 70 x, using100 x phase contrast center stop for darkfield effect.

This is a piece of fishing line "leader" used in fly fishing. The magnification is 100 x,and the lighting is from the top, using simple white LED light to show the actual color of the line.

This is the same piece of fishing line "leader" shown above. The magnification is100x, and the lighting, however is using colored LED lights, placed around the specimen, with a teal Rheinberg center stop  filter from below.

A small piece from what was purported to be cloth from a mummy tomb.  Magnification approx 10 X.  Microscopic analysis determined authenticity.

Mummy Cloth fibers.The above fibers from the purported mummy cloth appear to be flax. This might be consistent with ancient Egyptian burial materials. Photo in crossed polarizers using plastic interference filter for colors. Magnification approx 250 x.