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Figure 2-10. A micro-photograph of garnet-mica schist in a thin section. The large crystal in the centre is garnet (~5 mm across), the bright-coloured strands are muscovite mica, the brown is biotite mica, and the white and grey shapes are quartz. (Dann, 2010) Dann, J. (2010). Thin section image of Garnet Mica Schist from Salangen, Norway (Digital image). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thin_section_of_garnet-mica-schist.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0)