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Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coals and Carbons

College of Science

FA66

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Frame ID: FA 66

Sample ID: 92033 (slide 320-25)

Magnification: 330 microns on long side

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 32x oil

Polarizer: Out

Analyzer: Out

Retarder Plate: Out

Filter:

Important Features: Mullite

Mullite blades (dark brown) in glass and spinel matrix.  From power plant burning high-sulfur, high volatile bituminous Western Kentucky coal.