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Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coals and Carbons

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FA75

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Frame ID: FA 75

Sample ID: 92135 (slide 285-18)

Magnification: 330 microns on long side

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 32x oil

Polarizer: Out

Analyzer: Out

Retarder Plate: Out

Filter:

Important Features: Spinel

Two spinel-rich spheres showing contrasts in crystal textures.  Fly ash from power plant burning high-sulfur, high volatile C Illinois Basin coal.