Snake River Sand at Lyons Ferry
This sample is from the Snake River. The sub-sample here are from a concentration of the heavy minerals. They were concentrated by density for analysis using lithium heteropolytunstantes.
Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light
(Good Information on the microscopy of sand, Great site for more information on microscopy in general)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-grain-of-sand-natures-secret-wonder
(Good Information on Sand with links to more information on sand)
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References:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun01/clsand.html(Good Information on the microscopy of sand, Great site for more information on microscopy in general)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-grain-of-sand-natures-secret-wonder
(Good Information on Sand with links to more information on sand)
