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Haxtun   contributed by Anne Black, IMCA 2356   MetBul Link

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Photo by John Kashuba.  

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Thin section between crossed polarizers.   H/L4

TKW 15.5 kg. Fall not observed. Found August 1975 in a wheat field in Phillips County, Colorado, US.


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Field of view is 3.7 mm wide


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Clio Laplace
 6/29/2016 1:06:15 PM		 Best ever!
Anne Black
 6/29/2016 11:11:35 AM		 Thank you. Really, thank you to John Kashuba for the great (as usual) picture. Very sharp eye Bernd! I hadn't noticed. Too bad you both could not make it to the Ensisheim Show. Maybe next year.
Bernd Pauli
 6/29/2016 7:53:51 AM		 Superb, large oval pyroxene crystal. Love what looks like twinning in a pentagonal crystal in the two o'clock position!
Dr. Mike Reynolds
 6/29/2016 7:43:36 AM		 A superb thin section... nicely-prepared and great photomitography. Thanks for sharing!
 

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