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


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Growth spirals on a sharp 0.8-mm hexagonal graphite crystal.
The main crystal also has a growth twin (black).
A thin rounded crystal of chlinochore is sitting over some of the sprals.
Images are taken with Nomarski Differential Ineterference Contrast microscopy.

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