Marble Under Microscope
Marble granular limestone or dolomite i e rock composed of calcium magnesium carbonate that has been recrystallized under the influence of heat pressure and aqueous solutions.
Marble under microscope. Get premium high resolution news photos at getty images. Petrographically marbles are massive rather than thin layered and consist of a. Every single one of us is here because of these little guys or girls. I ve had this marble lying around in my drawer for years and finally did something with it.
A small glass marble under the microscope. Commercially it includes all decorative calcium rich rocks that can be polished as well as certain serpentines verd antiques. The human sperm cell is a fascinating thing when viewed through a microscope. The united kingdom virtual microscope ukvm collection consists of igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks from around the uk.
It is intended as a teaching resource helping to tell the story of the common rock types and how they form and reflecting the history of the uk at the margins of the. Carrara marble under the microscope crystalline limestone rock. Rocks under the microscope. Marble width 2 8 cm.
It is 50 from manson publishing and can be ordered from their website. Its really cool to see the little paint stripe up so close. These are photomicrographs very thin slices of rock seen in plane polarised light or between crossed polarisers when the colours seen are produced by interference of light.