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Sugarcane Leaf Cast Through the Microscope

Sugarcane Leaf Cast

This is a cast of the surface of a sugarcane leaf. A few of the plant hairs stuck in the cast.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light

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References:

Rapp, George Jr. and Susan C. Mulholland (eds) 1992, PHYTOLITH SYSTEMACTICS: EMERGING ISSUES, PLENUM PRESS Piperno, Dolores R. (2006), PHYTOLITHS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND PALEOECOLOGISTS, ALTAMIRA PRESS.