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


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Multiple growth spiral on the basal plane of graphite.
The overall crystal is approximately 0.7-mm across. Images are taken with
Nomarski Differential Ineterference Contrast microscopy.

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