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Crystals grown on a match tip

Started 2 months ago | Discussions thread
OP 3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,025
Re: Epsom salt and polarization
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Epsomite have low birefringence, so the contoured crystals show nothing special under cross polarized light.

Crystals grew in all directions around a central core (~7cm wide specimen).

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