Ashley,
The stain looks like a PAS.
Therefore is it iodine crystals from the Periodic
acid?
Otherwise, I'll keep mulling over it!!

Tony

 --- "Haines, Ashley N." 
wrote: > Can anyone help me identify this artifact??
>
http://people.clemson.edu/~ashleyn/images/artifact%20100x%20small.jpg
>  They
> look like little fleas in my sections.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Ashley N. Haines
> Dept. of OCBS
> Univ. of Md. Dental School
> 666 W. Baltimore St.
> Baltimore, MD 21201
> 410-706-7675
> 
>  

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Tony Henwood JP BAppSc GradDipSysAnaly CT(ASC)
Laboratory Manager
Histopathology Department
The Childrens Hospital at Westmead
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WESTMEAD, 2145
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