RUTILE on dark green CLINOCHLORE
Hansen Creek, near North Bend, King County, Washington, USA
FOV = 1.2mm

#01593
Collected July 1989
None of the minerals here are visible until etched out the masses of calcite they are in.
220 frames stepped at 0.005mm using a Stack Shot rail, 2/5 sec exposure
Canon T5i, Canon 55 - 250mm zoom set at 200mm and focused at infinity, f5.6 with a 10X Mitutoyo M plan apo objective.
Processed through Lightroom, Zerene Stacker and Photoshop


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