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Backscattered Electron Image - Breccia Pipe Grain

Detailed Description

BSE (backscattered electron) images of large, reddish granular grain from sample 2275-15 ("hard" breccia pipe). A. High contrast/low brightness image showing showing faint zoning in monazite (gray). B. Low contrast/high brightness image image showing crystallintes of monazite (white) and xenotime (gray).

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

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