Welcome to the exciting science of darkfield microscopy. Our website is devoted to serving darkfield microscopists and live blood cell analysts who need up to date information on equipment and news articles relating to the field of darkfield microscopy. A darkfield microscope can come in two versions. One is a low power stereoscopic microscope with a simple darkfield condenser.

This is used by gemologists for the application of grading and viewing gemstones in the field of gemology. The simple darkfield condenser sits on top of a bottom transmitted halogen light source and changes the path of the lighting from the bottom to the sides. This creates a black field with a brightly illuminated specimen. It is an optimal method of viewing gemstones. The gemological microscope often has a jewelry clip to hold the gemstone over the darkfield condenser while it is being examined and graded. There is another version of darkfield microscope and is normally what is thought of when one mentions darkfield microscopy.

It consists of a high power compound light microscope that has been fitted with an extra powerful illumination source and a special darkfield condenser. This condenser replaces the normal brightfield condenser found on all high quality compound light microscopes. It can be either a dry darkfield condenser or an oil immersion condenser. The light condenser is the critical component in a darkfield microscopy system. It takes normal transmitted brightfield illumination and changes the path of the light so it illuminates the specimen from the sides, thus creating the black field with brightly lit particles in a drop of live blood.

This type of microscope is used by natural health clinics doing live blood cell analysis. The medical establishment has generally not been keen to support the concept of viewing live blood as a method of diagnosing and determining the health of a patient. In many instances, they completely omit and reject darkfield microscopy as a diagnostic instrument. This same medical establishment has also been resistant to natural health including the use of herbs and natural supplements as an alternative to the pushing of powerful pharmaceutical medical drugs. It is acknowledged by this author that there are certainly quack doctors out there that will use whatever instrument they can to make a fast dollar. The results from a live blood cell analysis microscope can be misinterpreted and abused by any “health care professional”.

However, this author believes that there is still a significant amount of valid health information that can be obtained from a patient by viewing a tiny drop of live blood put on a microscope slide. The intent of this website is to provide information on useful darkfield microscopy equipment that can be used for either gemology applications or for the live blood cell analysis in a health clinic. Please contact us for your darkfield microscopy needs. We would be happy to discuss your application and how our microscopes can fit your needs.