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Fig. 7

From: The deterioration process of limestone in the Anahita Temple of Kangavar (West Iran)

Fig. 7

Optical microscopy (OM) images of the surfaces of stones taken by stereomicroscope in low magnification (50×). a The weathering surface of stone belonging to sample K2 that indicates the process of deterioration of the stone by separating clay vein and stone matrix; b the image of cracks in stone texture from sample K6; c the image of the detachment of secondary calcite from the texture of micrite, sample K1; d the image of fungi on the surface of stones, sample K7; e growth of lichen on the surface of stones and its influence on stone deterioration (sample K10); f the image of the stone deterioration by the growth of lichens in the weathered cross section of sample K10

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