Geology110: General Geology Geology 421: Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
Mineralogy
Photomicrographs of rocks & minerals
On the following pages, 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
Axiolitic
Corona
Eutaxitic
Glomeroporphyritic
Granophyric
Graphic
Hyalopilitic
Intergranular
Intersertal
Myrmekitic
Ophitic
Orthophyric
Perthitic
Pilotaxitic
Pilotaxitic (2)
Pleochroic haloes
Poikilitic
Porphyritic
Subophitic
Symplectic intergrowth
Vitroclastic
Vitrophyric
Vesicular
Zoning