The QCC Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Looking at a commercially made thin section of Kyanite, I thought or rather hoped the image showed evidence of micro fossils. Can anyone shed some light on these images? This link is to a full section view using Photoshop's Deep Zoom feature. http://theqcc.hennig.ca/Dec/11/index.html The photos were taken through a polarizing microscope adapter on a Stemi305 edu microscope. Photo 1 is a small version of the full scan at 8x. The original full scan is 22,000x 18,000 pixels. Photo 2 is of a small section at 20x. Photo 3 is the same area at 40x. The maximum magnification of the microscope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Cool pics, but sorry I don't have a clue! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Maybe if you have a few continuous thin sections, you could look at them like an MRI scan and infer it that way… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 When a crystal forms not all of it is in the same molecular alignment and there are often other mineral/crystal inclusions. The difference of the angle of the light will cause different colors to be apparent (like a rainbow). When looking at a thin slice You will see all of these things as grains of different appearance. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilGuy1024 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Very neat pics. If these were showing cross sections of something like foraminifera I’d expect to see some kind of regular structure or pattern. I’m not seeing that, but if I’m missing something please let me know. But again, from someone with a general interest in geology, I can appreciate your exploration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 PS No microfossils, just intergrown minerals. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The QCC Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Thanks for the answer. How do I take down a post that is not fossil related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 6 minutes ago, The QCC said: How do I take down a post that is not fossil related? Leave it here, others may learn from it also. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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