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

Click on images to see higher resolution images.
Unusual surface feature on a sharp 0.8-mm hexagonal graphite crystal.
Tightly spaced growth steps seem to advance outward.
Images are taken with Nomarski Differential Ineterference Contrast microscopy.

Back to Crestmore Graphite Spirals

© Copyright John A. Jaszczak

Back to Jaszczak's home page
Back to Graphite Page