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06aumc009_p1_Ol4_xpl_2-5x_scale

This one is an olivine crystal looked at through crossed polarized light which gives us what are called birefringence colors. It is similar to the effect that you get from an oil slick. This olivine cystal I am particularly interested in because it is surrounded by a reaction rim of oxides and pyroxene.

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Uploaded on January 5, 2007
Taken on January 5, 2007