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| | JAIC 1994, Volume 33, Number 2, Article 3 (pp. 101 to 114) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | There are look-alikes, however, that require even experienced microscopists to hesitate, consider the possibilities, and decide how to differentiate between them (e.g., bast fibers, starch grains, wood fibers, and some blue or yellow pigments). |
 | | Usually a few simple and rapid tests are all that is required to reduce the number of possibilities, most often, to one. |
 | | Seldom is it necessary to perform more than a few of these tests given the knowledge that the particles are one of about 10 pigments of a given color, one of the small number of paint media, or one of the common starch grains or bast fibers. |
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