At 400X magnification.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Zircon and Rutile at 400x
Lately I've been getting into some extraordinary metasedimentary xenoliths from the Sierras. Lots of rutilated quartz, and some very beautiful amber-colored large rutile crystals in the 50 micron range pop up in the quartz too. And there are detrital zircons - beautiful little things:
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