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Found amongst
the thousands of micro fossils in the acid fines from the Fort
Apache Limestones were an amazing array of very small micro quartz
crystals. I saved every one we found, and here is a set of microscope
images of the "Best of" set to ponder. I used a darker
background here to more closely approach dark field illumination
to highlight the crystals better. This will be the last upload
certainly this year on our work in the Fort Apache, and glad
to have you along for the exciting ride!
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Here are
most of the crystals we found at 7x.
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15x - Ive
included a small Gastropod from the formation ( Glyptospira cristulata
) for a
size comparison in most images.
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20x - A small
white quartz cluster and a single double terminated clear type
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45x - Close
up of the single crystal
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40x - Water
clear cluster of terminated crystals
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20x - I think
this is the best crystal we found!
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15x - Assorted
water clear crystals
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45x
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15x
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30x
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