BH250-58

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:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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)