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This is a thin section of dunite, a rock made up almost entirely of the mineral olivine, as seen in cross-polarized light through a Leica Z6 APO Macroscope. There is a band of black mineral grains to the left of center of the image that is a cumulate layer of the mineral chromite - in the magma chamber from which thes...
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Toggle Minimize gigapan_commentMarty German (June 06, 2010, 05:21PM )
Great stuff! Very beautiful! Thanks!
Jerry Schoen (June 23, 2009, 09:45AM )
Great picture. Why don't you take this language from the "about this panorama" section... "There is a band of black mineral grains to the left of center of the image that is a cumulate layer of the mineral chromite - in the magma chamber from which these minerals crystallized that band of chromite would have originally settled out in a horizontal layer" and recreate it as a snapshot w/comment? That way you reduce uncertainty (by the person viewing the image) as to the information you convey - and you make fuller use of the Gigapan features. And if you REALLY want to make it educational, add a link in the snapshot comment to a web page that describes the crystallization process in greater detail & pictures. Great work, all in all.
Ron Schott (January 07, 2009, 09:41AM )
There aren't any more yet, but I can and will make more when I get a chance. They're a little more effort intensive than a standard GigaPan because they don't utilize the robot. Nonetheless, I've got the equipment to make lots more of these - the biggest limitation right now is my time.
Erin Lusch (January 07, 2009, 09:19AM )
This is fabulous! Any chance there are more of these Ron?
Zoltan Sylvester (November 21, 2008, 03:20PM )
Wow, that is fantastic. Absolutely beautiful!