The sunflower is a photograph by - MicROCKScopica - which was uploaded on June 29th, 2019.
The sunflower
Polarized light photomicrograph of a thin section of Ocean Jasper... more
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The sunflower
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- MicROCKScopica -
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Photograph - Polarized Light Photomicrograph
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Polarized light photomicrograph of a thin section of "Ocean Jasper"
This was a pendant carved out of "Ocean jasper" from Madagascar. After cutting it and putting it under a polarized-light microscope, it turned out to contain a microscopic garden of "orbicules" in a fine-grained silica matrix. The formation of orbicules or "spherulites" results from the process of devitrification of a rhyolitic lava upon cooling.
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June 29th, 2019
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