Dendritic tree
This dendritic structure nucleated on the larger crystal at center bottom. the real intent here was to form hourglass inclusions in Potassium sulfate, however, this structure was quite interesting. Crystallized aqueous 10 % wt. potassium sulfate with 0.01 % wt. acid fuchsine dye viewed under crossed polarizers right after drying. See www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.mic...
Photographed using an AO Spencer 42 polarizing microscope (petrographic.) The Sony NEX 5n was connected to the microscope using a Leica MIKAS microscope adapter with a 2/3X reducer, a 10X eyepiece and 3X AO spencer objective.
Dendritic tree
This dendritic structure nucleated on the larger crystal at center bottom. the real intent here was to form hourglass inclusions in Potassium sulfate, however, this structure was quite interesting. Crystallized aqueous 10 % wt. potassium sulfate with 0.01 % wt. acid fuchsine dye viewed under crossed polarizers right after drying. See www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.mic...
Photographed using an AO Spencer 42 polarizing microscope (petrographic.) The Sony NEX 5n was connected to the microscope using a Leica MIKAS microscope adapter with a 2/3X reducer, a 10X eyepiece and 3X AO spencer objective.