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(scientific) #thinsectionthursday
Pseudomorphs after melt films: When there's little doubt this rock from the Kerala Khondalite Belt was once partially melted.
#geology #anatexis #microstructures #migmatites #hot_rocks
Found two Inflated Beetles (Cysteodemus armatus) adapted to local geology. Black one on basalt lava flows at Amboy Crater, CA. Light one on quartz-bearing migmatites in the San Jacinto Mountains, CA. #geology #biology #evolution #bugs #entomology