Albite Schist #1 is a photograph by - MicROCKScopica - which was uploaded on December 8th, 2018.
Albite Schist #1
Albite schist the Eastern Alps. The rock is made of albitic plagioclase and is rich in carbonaceous matter... more
Title
Albite Schist #1
Artist
- MicROCKScopica -
Medium
Photograph - Polarized Light Photomicrograph
Description
Albite schist the Eastern Alps. The rock is made of albitic plagioclase and is rich in carbonaceous matter
"There was a penetration of the light into solid substance so that I seemed to see into things, deep in...".
John Steinbeck was not thinking of rocks when he wrote this sentence in "Travels with Charley - In search of America". However, his feeling exactly reflects what people should think when looking at rock photomicrographs such as in this reportage on rocks from the Alps.
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All images are transmitted, polarized light photomicrographs of 30-micron-thick rock slices (geological "thin sections"), with width of view ranging from 1 to 5 mm. Images were taken with a Zeiss Axiocam camera mounted on the trinocular head of a Zeiss Axioscop 40 Pol microscope.
Technique: Photomicrograph under polarized light, crossed polars plus red tint plate
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December 8th, 2018
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