“A highly altered anhedral crystal of pale-yellow to orange xenotime-Y intimately associated with black columbite-Fe and purple fluorite. Immediately behind the crystal lies a mass of transparent green yttrofluorite. EDS confirms dominant Y and P with minor Si, Ca and Th with trace Ce (monazite). Travis Olds 2009.
Canon T3i
35 mm tube- Raynox DCR 250- Thorlabs aperture- Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 10x
Hejnar Photo micrometer stage
FOV: uncropped 4.0 mm
Diffused LED lighting
Helicon Focus-pyramid; 41 images”
Travis Olds - 13th January 2015