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IX-63 (5) Slide 76, Thin Skin, Negro (H&E). Medium power view. Note the large amount of melanin pigment (brown) in keratinocytes in strata basale and spinosum. Melanocytes are located in the stratum basale and recognized with clear cytoplasm; melanin granules are passed to keratinocytes as soon as the granules are synthesized.