Figure 1-10. High-magnification view of interwoven calcite microfabric in a stalagmite. Note pointed termination of calcite crystal at lower right (arrow). The atlas also has an image at lower magnification.      Photomicrograph was taken in plane-polarized light; field of view is 0.9 mm wide. Macal Chasm, Belize, thin section BE3. Sample collected by and courtesy of Dr. James W. Webster.
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