Hemosiderin stains with the ferricyanide iron stains. Formalin 
artifact does not. Formalin pigment is also anisotropic (redirects 
polarized light).
Bert

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:53:02 -0500 Ilhan Altinok 
<altinil@mail.auburn.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone have a protocol to stain only hemosiderin or to distinguish
> hemosiderin from formalin precipitated artifact?
> 
> Thanx
> 
> Ilhan
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Bert Dotson
amdj@duke.edu