I think I could find the reference somewhere, but Solochrome Azure is better
for AL in my opinion, much more sensitive, we have had old aluminon cases
which were reported out as neg. and redid them with SA and they were
positive for AL.
Patsy Ruegg

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Boneslides@aol.com [mailto:Boneslides@aol.com]
		Sent:	Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:49 AM
		To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
		Subject:	Reference for aluminum stain

		Can anyone provide a reference for an aluminum stain for
undecalcified bone 
		embedded in PMMA that uses aluminon?  I ran across an old
procedure manual 
		when cleaning out a filing cabinet that has the staining
procedure (works 
		beautifully!!) but there is no reference listed.  Any help
would be 
		appreciated! :)

		Thanks!
		-Diane Maho