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2020

Thin section of a cosmic spherule photographed under a polarizing optical microscope

image via pisatoday

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2020-11-06

Observing and drawing through the microscope. Garnet peridotite thin section.

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2020-09-07


The 3 most reliable microstructural criteria for the former presence of melt in a migmatite: crystal faces, pseudomorphs after melt films and nanogranitoids.
The is a granulite from the KKB of India.
microscope

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2020-05-15