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


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Multiple growth spirals on the basal plane of graphite
at incrasing magnifications. The overall crystal is approximately 0.5-mm across.
Images are taken with Nomarski Differential Interference Contrast microscopy.

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