====== Calcite Birefringence ======

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A calcite crystal is placed on top of a transparency on an overhead projector. Print on the transparency will be doubly imaged. With a polarizing filter, one can show that the two images have orthogonal polarizations. One may rotate the crystal to distinguish between the ordinary and extraordinary rays.

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PIRA DCS 6H35.15