Tremolite Thin Section

Scanning electron micrograph of tremolite.
Tremolite thin section. 19 minerals in thin section university of north carolina 20 minerals in thin sections humboldt state 21 online mineral museum 22 qut mineral atlas 23 ruff info 24 scandinavian mineral gallery 25 www mincryst 26 yuprocks. Acicular tremolite in quartzite. Alex strekeisen i vetrini della mia fantasia.
Originally plane polarized scanning in separate e w n s orientations was attempted to highlight pleochroic variation but this ultimately had to be abandoned due to significant. The field of view above under crossed polars. Each thin section was first scanned in unpolarized light and then again between two sheets of crossed polaroid film aligned parallel to the thin section edges.
Tremolite in hand sample. Tremolite ca 2 mg fe 2 5 si 8 o 22 oh f 2 named in 1789 by johann georg albrecht höpfner for the tremola valley val tremola central st gotthard massif tessin switzerland. Ppl left xpl right whiteschist.
C axis parallel sections of acicular tremolite with talc. Subhedral basal sections of colourless tremolite with talc. Actinolite ca 2 mg fe 2 5 si 8 o 22 oh f 2 named in 1794 by richard kirwan from the greek aktina for ray and lithos for stone in allusion to the fibrous nature of the original specimens.
Tremolite in talc tremolite schist plane polars. Tremolite and actinolite are two very similar minerals that form a series with each other and essentially share the same chemical formula. Tremolite in talc tremolite schist crossed polars.
C axis parallel sections of acicular tremolite with talc. Search for tremolite using.