Pyrolyzed Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths

This is a tapelift from a home impacted by a near approach of a large forestfire. The bright rectangular particles in this field of view are from the pyrolysis of calcium oxalate phytoliths.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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References:

http://univ-provence.academia.edu/JacquesBrochier/Papers/198408/Calcite_Crystals_Starch_Grains_Aggregates_or..._POCC_Comment_on_Calcite_Crystals_Inside_Archaeological_Plant_Tissues