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North Jetty Ocean Shores, Washington State Under the Microscope

North Jetty Ocean Shores, Washington State

Most of the colored grains are olivines. The bright white grains are zircon (2 grains). The dark grains are primarily magnetite. The transparent colorless grains are garnets (4 grains).

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