Albite Schist is a photograph by - MicROCKScopica - which was uploaded on December 8th, 2018.
Albite Schist
Albite schist the Eastern Alps. The rock is made of albitic plagioclase and is rich in carbonaceous matter... more
Title
Albite Schist
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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