Thin section photo of broken sandstone fused with mineral cement (lower half) and clay material with a scaly fabric (upper half) from the lower Mugi Melange, Shimanto Belt, Japan. The horizontal scale of this image is approximately 2 centimeters across. Credit: Donald Fisher

Thin section photo of broken sandstone fused with mineral cement (lower half) and clay material with a scaly fabric (upper half) from the lower Mugi Melange, Shimanto Belt, Japan. The horizontal scale of this image is approximately 2 centimeters across. Credit: Donald Fisher

Thin section photo of broken sandstone fused with mineral cement (lower half) and clay material with a scaly fabric (upper half) from the lower Mugi Melange, Shimanto Belt, Japan. The horizontal scale of this image is approximately 2 centimeters across. Credit: Donald Fisher

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