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Beach at Makauwahi Cave, Kauai, Hawaii

Beach at Makauwahi Cave, Kauai, Hawaii

This is an olivine showing the oblique dispersion staining colors for a gamma prime refractive index in 1.68 Melt Mount. The vivid blue on the right and orange on the left indicate a refractive index for this gamma prime of about 1.7

Transmitted Oblique Dispersion Staining, North/South Single Polarizing Filter

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References:

Blay, Chuck and Robert Siemers, KAUAI'S GEOLOGIC HISTORY, A SIMPLIFIED GUIDE, TEOK Investigations, 2004 (ISBN 0-9744723-0-1)