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Metalic-like particles expelled from skin pores
Sufferers report
expelling glitter and metal particles from skin. Hexagonal samples are often
green or purple. Average sample diametre is approx 230 microns (just visible
to naked eye).
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| Comparison of commercial craft glitter (above, left) with sample from skin (above, right). Dimensions nearly identical. Further analysis required to establish whether hexagons are morgellon element or artifact. |
x1000. SEM images by Mark Darrah (Stony Brook University, New York) Raman Spec result: organophosphate or acetate. If compound is acetate, sample likely to be craft glitter. |
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| x1000. SEM images by Mark Darrah (Stony Brook University, New York) Raman Spec result: 70% chance tannins. | x400. SEM images by Mark Darrah (Stony Brook University, New York) Raman Spec result: Substance unknown. | x400 |
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| x400 | x500. SEM images by Mark Darrah (Stony Brook University, New York), analysed a metalic particle from a sufferer's facial lesion. Raman spectroscopy result: Iron and Chromium (Fe/Cr) flake. | |