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Creek Fire, California, 2017 Under the Microscope

Pyrolyzed Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths

This is from the Creek/Sylmar fire in Los Angeles, California in 2017. This is from an environmental tapelift collected in a home near the Creek fire. It shows a group of pyrolyzed calcium oxalate phytoliths.

Transmitted Crossed Circular Polarized Light

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