Slide Number: BH250-58
Number of slides: 10
Rock: Small Tourmaline Crystals (Rock Collected by Bill Dinklage from the Himalayas)
Major minerals: Tourmaline, Muscovite (These thin sections have grains that will give beautiful BXA figures for muscovite), Albite
Minor minerals: Isotropic Mineral, Chlorite, Orthoclase, Quartz,
Photomircrographs:
Muscovite BXA Interference Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Quartz is also common in these thin sections, some are perfectly cut perpendicular to the C-axis
Uniaxial Interfernce Figure (compare this figure with that of BH250-57)
Uniaxial Positive Interference Figure (compare this figure with that of BH250-57)