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Can anyone tell me about how much a microscope like this is worth?
It has to use an external light source. It doesn't use slides but a petri dish or something
like that.

Thanks
 

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A new scope of this type would cost at least $200, more likely $300+ depending on brand/quality. The cost of a used one depends on the condition, especially the condition of the optics, which can't be judged from a photo.

As a general comment, I find this kind of microscope very useful for newt-related work. Don't worry about it not having its own light source; mine has a light source, but it's not bright enough and I have to use a separate lamp anyway.
 
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What make/model is it?
 
It's an American Optical 570. It works very nicely. I've been using it to make sure there
is enough things to eat in the egg/larvae tanks I have. I borrowed it from my boyfriend (marine
biologist). Finally something useful out of him instead of "I don't really know, my specialty is estuaries"
to all of my newt-related questions.
 
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LOL

They say in school you start knowing nothing about everything there is to know. You learn and you learn and you specialize and in the end you know everything their is to know about nothing!

Does anyone here own a hand lens? Microscopes are far to expensive for a lot of us, but I've seen hand lenses with pretty high magnification and they could be useful.
 
I've a 30x hand lens. I do not own a microscope but we do have one in our lab.
 
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