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  1. This is a thin section of dunite, a rock made up almost entirely of the mineral olivine, as seen in cross-polarized light through a Leica Z6 APO Macroscope. There is a band of black mineral grains to the left of center of the image that is a cumulate layer of the mineral chromite - in the magma chamber from which thes...

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  2. This is a thin section of dunite, a rock made up almost entirely of the mineral olivine, as seen in cross-polarized light through a Leica Z6 APO Macroscope. There is a band of black mineral grains to the left of center of the image that is a cumulate layer of the mineral chromite - in the magma chamber from which these...

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        December 02, 2008
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  3. Olivine-rich sand from Pakalakoa Beach near South Point on the big island of Hawai'i. More information on this sand can be found here: www.nvcc.edu/home/cbentley/geoblog/2008/12/green-sands-beach-hawaii.html Will open in a new tab or window The petri dish is 9 cm in diameter. Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-I...

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  4. The source rock for the green sand GigaPan posted yesterday: gigapan.org/gigapans/98840 Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection) using Northern Virginia Community College's gigamacro rig, as seen here: gigamacro.com/gigapixel-macro-imaging-system Will open in a new tab or window/

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  5. The orthomagamatic sulfide deposit at Kambalda is hosted within komatiitic lavas. These ultramafic rocks are high volume melts and so can include a large amount of metal sulfide, normally a restite phase. Crystallisation of the komatiite melts was assocaited with the development of high supersaturation with respect to ...

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  6. 151 images of a Harrisite thin section taken on a Nikon D60 using a modified Meiji microscope and direct objective projection. Stitched in PTGUI. Images taken under crossed polars The type area for Harrisite is Harris Bay, Isle of Rum, Scotland. At the bay are exposed rocks of the Western Layered Series and the Centra...

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  7. Taken with a stereomicroscope using a lumix LX3 digiscoping through the eyepiece courtesy of a camlink mount. The image consists of 76 individual pictures stiched using PTGUI. Thanks to the curvature of the camera lens, plus that of the microscope this was a tricky one to stich. Not so sharp eyed observers will notice ...

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