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Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coals and Carbons

College of Science

FA53

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Frame ID: FA 53

Sample ID: 91981(slide 320-15)

Magnification: 330 microns on long side

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 32x oil

Polarizer: Out

Analyzer: Out

Retarder Plate: Out

Filter:

Important Features: glass

Large solid glass spheres, probably containing included sub-micron crystals.  From a power plant burning high-sulfur, high volatile bituminous Western Kentucky coal.