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Not the dawn chorus but the mid-afternoon diehards. #thinsectionthursday Precipitates of ilmenite and apatite in garnet. PPol, fov=1cm, within one growth sector of a single garnet crystal. First generation (coarse) follows included fabric NW-SE, second generation sub micron crystals decorate unannealed growth dislocations. Note depletion haloes. Pyrope and minor kyanite in matrix of phengite and palisade-textured quartz from the Dora Maira massif, N. Italy. Section is slightly above standard thickness.
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