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Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.

Internal Textures

Transparent or translucent objects may have a definitive internal pattern that is not part of a definitive internal structure. This can be seen by transmitted brightfield, transmitted darkfield, phase contrast microscopy or reflected darkfield.

. . . Transmitted Light

Charred Leaf

. . . Reflected Light

Thermally Modified Silica Phytolith