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Microcrystal Test for Sulfur or Calcium

Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate

This is a calcium sulfate percipitate formed by the addition of dilute sulfuric acid to a solution containing calcium or by the addition of dilute calcium acetate to a solution containing sulfates.

Transmitted Linear Polarized Light With a Red Plate Compensator

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Chamot, Emile Monnin and Clyde Walter Mason, HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL MICROSCOPY, Volume II, pp. 105-107 and 349-350, 1940.
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