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Muscovite mica thin sectionby ~Shirimasen

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Muscovite mica thin section in cross-polarized light. Field of view is about 0.25mm.

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~Bulman66 May 27, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Beautiful John. I love Geology, minerals, stones, gems, fossils
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~Shirimasen May 28, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
I'm a geologist by trade, so I appreciate your kind words. :]
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Mood: Big Grin ~Mclawliet May 10, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
I've noticed that these magnified pictures are relatively new in your gallery (judging by the date of posting). I like that you've moved a bit away from black and white photos (even though they have their own charm that colors cannot produce), and would love to see more of these (yes, imma color enthusiast :D)!
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~Shirimasen May 11, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Aw, thanks! The really old stuff (before December 2011) was all stuff from my high school photography class, many moons ago. The move into color earlier this year represents moving away from my B&W comfort zone. I appreciate the kind words. :]
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*magpie-poet Mar 31, 2012
How did you do that?!
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~Shirimasen Apr 2, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Shortish explanation: The microscope has two pieces of polarizing film, one at the bottom and one at the top of the microscope. The bottom polarizing film makes the light rays go all in one direction. They then pass through the mineral and get bent in various directions. The light then passes through the top polarizing film, which only lets certain wavelengths of light through. Finally, the light reaches your eye. All minerals have unique ways that light passes through them, and allow for identification under a microscope.

tl;dr: A microscope did it and I just took a picture of it. :]
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*magpie-poet Apr 6, 2012
Okay, think I got it.

Sort of like looking at the spectrum banding of starlight to see the star's composition.
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~Shirimasen Apr 6, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Yeah, that's the general idea, but it's much closer. :]
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*magpie-poet Apr 6, 2012
:p The closest I've gotten is the ooh let's burn mystery substance X to figure out what elements are in in from high school chem class.
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~Shirimasen Apr 6, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Well, it's a fine demonstration to show how substances emit/absorb light, which is the basic idea with polarized microscopy. :]
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