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Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coals and Carbons

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M23

m23

Frame ID: M23

Sample ID: Metallurgical Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Extra coarse ribbon anisotropic coke texture

High Res image (300 dpi)

Description: Note the parallel flow texture in the coke cell wall material and the lack of vesicles. Only linear fractures are seen. This type of structure is typical of cokes formed under very high pressures from high rank coking coals.