Mineral: | Silicon: Si Moissanite: SiC
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Comments: | Backscattered electron image of metallic inclusion in moissanite (SiC). The gray shading in the BSE mage consists mainly of pure silicon (Si metal). The brighter areas are composed of Fe-silicide. (AmMin, 88:1818). |
Location: | Found in a cobble at a beach along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea, around 150 km NW from Izmir, and is most likely derived from Tertiary volcanic rocks outcropping in the area. |
Scale: | Scalebar 200 µ-m. |
Copyright: | © American Mineralogist |
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