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KurtM
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More Foram Fun

#1 Post by KurtM » Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:34 am

While excavating through the archives I ran across this image of a little arrangement of forams that I posted a while back, but hope you won't mind if I repeat it because it got me fired up to retrieve the sample, dig a few more out, and have a little fun trying to make some interesting new pix. Then Cuxlander posted his beautiful foram image yesterday, so here are a few I ended up with to keep the ball rolling.

First, the original bunch I already ran past you:
12-14-17 TCD Foram 002_lzn_zb 1024px.jpg
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The idea was to give the viewer a feel for size in a way a little more juicy than a dry scale bar, so I posed one in the eye of a #12 sewing needle:
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Then it occurred to me that we seldom, if ever, see forams presented as they are found, among the grains of the sand sample they were discovered in:
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And finally, you just gotta put the sand under crossed polarizers, right? Texas beach sand appears to be largely quartz, I'd say:
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Just a little fun in the lab...
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Kurt Maurer
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Re: More Foram Fun

#2 Post by Hobbyst46 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:41 am

Attractive, cool photos! I like them all.
why is the foram absent from the polar image ? would demonstrate the difference from the quarz grains.

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Re: More Foram Fun

#3 Post by cuxlander » Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:11 pm

Hi Kurt,
I like them!
last year I already posted a few foram-photos, see
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5818&sid=78292a1c74 ... 919dca8deb
Greetings,
Hans

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#4 Post by Radazz » Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:04 pm

Very pretty.
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#5 Post by KurtM » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:47 am

Thanks, all!
why is the foram absent from the polar image ? would demonstrate the difference from the quarz grains.
Where were you when I needed you? :lol: Guess I gotta go back and re-do that one...
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