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Gatlinburg TN Wildfire Through the Microscope

Pyrolyzed Calcium Oxalate Phytolith and Char

This is from an environmental tapelift collected after the Gatlinburg Fire of 2016.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarizers

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