| The 28 images in the tour are pictures of thin slices of rocks viewed
through a polarizing microscope. The images beg the
question: -What on Earth is that?- Is this where Science Intersects Art? At the same time they illustrate
geologic processes strategically captured inside a wide range of rock
types.
Each image has a corresponding label and line drawing. The labels are
formatted as follows:
TITLE OF IMAGE
Rock name
Location
Text (all mineral names are italicized)
Light type used for photograph (What are the possibilities?)
The label text highlights one or two interesting aspects of the image; it is
not meant to be comprehensive. Since it is impossible to describe an
image without using the geologist's language of mineral names, the line
drawings were added to help the viewer identify the minerals that are
seen in the image and referred to in the text. Think of the line drawing as
a map of the corresponding picture.
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