Wheat Field Burning Particle

This is cluster of pyrolyzed silica phytoliths from an environmental tapelift collected in a home exposed to a wheat field fire. The undulating edge pattern between the carbon coated silica phytoliths is typical of wheat but is also found in some other grasses. The clear area running horizontally across the upper part of the particle is a vein where the phytoliths are not carbon coated. The vein phytoliths are distinct.