Olivine Norite Gabbro mineral cross polarized photomicrograph showing mineral/chemical differentiation

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Olivine Norite Gabbro from Crow Wood near Huntly Aberdeenshire. Prominent olivines rimmed with orthopyroxene in plagioclase feldspar. A good example of the unusual textural association of the mafic minerals to be found in this location.

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Keywords: cross, differentiation, gabbro, mica, micrograph, microscope, mineral, mineral/chemical, mineralogy, norite, olivine, photomicrograph, plate, polarized, showing