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Open-pit gold mine, NV.
Open-pit gold mine, for disseminated gold, near Beatty, Nevada.
Download ImageOpen pit borate mine, SE California.
Aerial view of Open pit borate mine. Mine lies within the confines of Death Valley National Park, SE California. (Res-07)
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table salt –halite cubes
halite has 3 perpendicular directions of cleavage –so it breaks into cubes. You can see this with ordinary table salt. (Min-20)
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biotite and muscovite micas
Phyllosilicate minerals: biotite (black) and muscovite (white). Min-04
Download Imagemuscovite and folded foliation
Photomicrograph of folded schist –about 1 cm across. folds are defined by platy white micas. (Met-31)
Download Imagequartz mylonite in thin section
Photomicrograph of top-to-right mylonitic quartzite. Met-29.
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chlorite-rich gneiss
Retrograde metamorphism: chloritic gneiss. Note the normal faults
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