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Reflected light spots on the P. nobilis slice revealing the mismatches between the peripheral edge of the illuminated prisms and the hexagonal geometry of the light spot formed by the microscope aperture denoted by the dashed hexagons. The microscale mismatches induced by channeling the light within the calcitic prisms provide an accurate fit between the projected and transmitted light/shadow in the macroscale (Figure1d,e; FigureS2, Supporting Information, middle row).

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