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ukholidays lilynette gingerbuck alicesusannas a-s-d-f-g-h-j-k-l-no titanium quartz
debayanpal:A glimpse at the basics of metamorphism facies and facies series…….this might help geolog
Every rock thatcrops out of the ground is a record of the past, and so, in one way or theother it te
Eudialyte syeniteIsn’t that a delightful color? The mineral with the strong color is Eudialyte
veggeologist:Myrmekitic textureAn intergrowth texture created when plagioclase feldspar and quartz g
luna-and-mars:Guess what I’m up to? :DTaking petrology this semester, which means lots of thin
gloomywormwood:My petrography course is over.
meetmeonthecraton:This is Sven the diorite we have a working relationship but I’m beginning to
gingerrhapsody:studying for igmet is never boringI teach that class, and yes, we still laugh at that
optical-mineralogy: The plagioclase in this thin section has polysynthetic twinning. The orthopyroxe
S-tectonite with muscovite and quartz in thin section
Alkali Feldspar Granite Quartz, alkali feldspar and muscovite.
Composition includes: biotite, muscovite, chlorite, feldspars, oxides, and quartz. Feldspar poikilob
This rock is predominantly composed of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. The alkali feldspar
The plagioclase in this thin section has polysynthetic twinning. The orthopyroxene also has twinning
This rock is composed predominantly of plagioclase feldspar that are large euhedral crystals suggest
Alkali Feldspar crystals are large in this thin section. The alkali feldspar have subhedral crystals
Working on polishing my samples for reflective light microscopy. This sample is a pyroxenite from Ho
Olivine groundmass with an orthopyroxene phenocryst
This thin section shows an amygdule in a sample of amygdaloid basalt. The rock formed due to an erup
Websterite in thin section Clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene with few anhedral plagioclase crystals in
mossy-rox: I’m an igneous and metamorphic petrology kind of gal, but I when I looked down the
Every rock that crops out of the ground is a record of the past, and so, in one way or the other it
As a professor of petrology at the University of Padova, Italy, Bernardo Cesare knows a thing or two
r2–d2: Through the pass by (petrology)
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