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Sand, Puako Beach, Hawaii, Hawaii

Sand, Puako Beach, Hawaii, Hawaii

This grain of olivine is from a sand sample collected on Puako Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is mounted in Cargille Melt Mount 1.68 refractive index medium.

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