Graphite Crystals with Growth Spirals
From Crestmore quarry, Riverside County, California


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Heart-shaped growth spirals on the basal plane of graphite
due to two nearby screw dislocations of opposite handedness (at incrasing magnifications).
The overall crystal is approximately 0.5-mm across. Images are taken with
Nomarski Differential Ineterference Contrast microscopy.

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