Figure 23. Photomicrograph of a doubly polished thin section of sample 8B2-2 showing euhedral martitized magnetite (mr) crystals blocking the continuous formation of later fine-grained hematite (he). Some martite crystals are completely surrounded by the granular hematite. (Reflected light, crossed nicols.)

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