Marble Under Microscope

Marble width 2 8 cm.
Marble under microscope. It is intended as a teaching resource helping to tell the story of the common rock types and how they form and reflecting the history of the uk at the margins of the. A small glass marble under the microscope. Marble granular limestone or dolomite i e rock composed of calcium magnesium carbonate that has been recrystallized under the influence of heat pressure and aqueous solutions. Petrographically marbles are massive rather than thin layered and consist of a.
The united kingdom virtual microscope ukvm collection consists of igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks from around the uk. Commercially it includes all decorative calcium rich rocks that can be polished as well as certain serpentines verd antiques. It is 50 from manson publishing and can be ordered from their website. Its really cool to see the little paint stripe up so close.
Get premium high resolution news photos at getty images. Rocks under the microscope. 978 1 84076 132 0 is a 192 page hardback with 365 colour photographs and 26 tables. These are photomicrographs very thin slices of rock seen in plane polarised light or between crossed polarisers when the colours seen are produced by interference of light.
The human sperm cell is a fascinating thing when viewed through a microscope. Some common rock types as seen under the microscope. I ve had this marble lying around in my drawer for years and finally did something with it.