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Petrographic (optical, polarizing) microscopes open doors to the architecture of rocks – crystals, grains, cements
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Greywacke petrography On the outside, greywacke is generally presented in varying shades of grey commonly
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This is part of the How To…series on carbonate rocks Diagenesis of carbonate sediment begins
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