K Feldspar In Thin Section

In thin section alkali feldspar grains often look like they re sprinkled with dirt ppl or tiny confetti xpl.
K feldspar in thin section. Small 250x250 max. K feldspar quartz and biotite in a granite. Anorthoclase is the only alkali feldspar that is not k feldspar.
Add tags comment rate. Adularia is a k feldspar produced by low temperature hydrothermal veins or authigenic processes. Plagioclase feldspar thin section view description.
Alkali feldspars can often be distinguished from plagioclase feldspars because most grains of the latter exhibit albite twinning see above crystal structure which is manifested by parallel lines on certain cleavage surfaces whereas grains of alkali feldspars do not. K feldspar in thin section rarely has well developed cleavage but two cleavage planes may be visible in some crystals. Though the image will be somewhat out of focus the low index k feldspar grains will be surrounded by bright becke lines just inside the grain boundaries.
The biotite has a pebbly texture and micaceous cleavage the right half of the view contains a large grain of clear to cloudy k feldspar. Long dimension of field is 0 4 mm. It is structurally similar to microcline but without the cross hatched twinning.
Perthite image taken of part of a feldspar grain in thin section as viewed with a petrographic microscope and a first order red plate. To link to this object paste this link in email im or document to embed this object paste this html in website. This criterion is not however absolute.
The k feldspar host orthoclase appears orange and albite exsolution lamellae appear yellow. Home rocks and minerals plagioclase feldspar thin section reference url share. This view shows two large flakes of brownish green biotite and minor hornblende darker smaller grains near the left edge.