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Rocks and Minerals seen through the Petrological Microscope
Normal Light
Polarised Light
(Scale: Each image approx. 0.75 mm across)
Algal growth. England.The alga grew upwards (UP is to the left in those images) in tiny calcareous tubes and formed layered irregular columns. Larger Calcite crystals between two columns here.
