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The bright-eyed gneiss of Death Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, 2015.

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The bright-eyed gneiss of Death Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, 2015.

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This unique rock is called 'bright-eyed gneiss'. The pupils of the 'eyes' are dark crystals of iron-rich magnetite. Where they grow they take up the iron atoms nearby, leaving behind a white halo where other dark-colored iron-rich crystals cannot form.

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2015
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National Parks Gallery
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