Figure 6-6. Plant material (arrows) surrounded by diverse calcite (C) in a stalagmite from South Africa. Photomicrograph was taken in plane-polarized light; field of view is 0.5 mm wide. Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa; thin section WW5. Sample collected by Dr. George A. Brook. | |
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