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Photomicrographs of Rocks and Minerals

In the following sections, if you get two images, the image on the left hand side was taken under plane polarized light, the one on the right hand side under crossed polars 

  • Andalusite
  • Anthophyllite
  • Apatite (1)
  • Apatite (2)
  • Carpholite
  • Chloritoid
  • Cordierite
  • Epidote
  • Fibrolite (Sillimanite)
  • Glaucophane (1)
  • Glaucophane (2)
  • Hornblende
  • Jadeite
  • Kyanite
  • Lawsonite
  • Leucite
  • Melanite
  • Melilite
  • Nepheline
  • Olivine
  • Omphacite
  • Orthopyroxene
  • Oxyhornblende
  • Piedmontite
  • Prehnite (1)
  • Prehnite (2)
  • Pumpellyite (1)
  • Pumpellyite (2)
  • Riebeckite
  • Rutile
  • Sillimanite
  • Sodalite
  • Spinel (1)
  • Spinel (2)
  • Staurolite
  • Stilpnomelane
  • Titanaugite
  • Titanite (1)
  • Titanite (2)
  • Tourmaline
  • Vesuvianite
  • Zircon
  • Axiolitic
  • Glomeroporphyritic
  • Hyalopilitic
  • Intergranular
  • Intersertal
  • Myrmekitic
  • Ophitic
  • Orthophyric
  • Perthitic (1)
  • Perthitic (2)
  • Pilotaxitic (1)
  • Pilotaxitic (2)
  • Pleochroic Haloes
  • Poikilitic
  • Porphyritic
  • Spherulitic
  • Subophitic
  • Symplectic Intergrowth
  • Vitroclastic
  • Vitrophyric
  • Vesicular
  • Zoning
  • Atoll
  • Blastoamygdaloidal
  • Blastoporphyritic (1)
  • Blastoporphyritic (2)
  • Crenulation Crevice
  • Fish-net [skeletal]
  • Granoblastic
  • Helicitic
  • Mica Fish
  • Poikiloblastic
  • Porphyroblastic
  • Pseudomorphic Replacement (1)
  • Pseudomorphic Replacement (2)
  • Reaction Rim (1)
  • Reaction Rim (2)
  • Rotational (1)
  • Rotational (2)
  • S-C Fabric

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