Other physical properties that are commonly seen in reflected light include evidence of mineral hardness and cleavage, and internal reflections in minerals that are not total opaque (these become dominant in silicates and other transparent minerals  note the calcite matrix in the graphite photo above).
Ralston, Wyoming. Ralston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 280 at the 2010 census.
Today, when traveling between Torrington and Guernsey, Wyoming, motorists will be following the path of the historic Oregon and Mormon Trail as they make their way along the banks of the North Platte River past the site of the 1854 Grattan Massacre near Lingle, and past the historic western 19th-Century U.S. Army Cavalry outpost, Fort Laramie National Historic Site.