Micrograph of a serpentinite rock with chlorite rich bands (blue) that has been subjected to intense deformation forces, resulting in complex folding

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Micrograph of a serpentinite rock with chlorite rich bands (blue) that has been subjected to intense deformation forces, resulting in complex folding and NE-SW shear structures. Weak and younger cleavage is seen in the lower part of the micrograph. The dimensions of the thin section here shown in polarized transient light is 30 x 40 mm.

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: bands, chlorite, cleavage, complex, deformation, folding, forces, intense, micro, micrograph, orientation, polarized, preferred, rock, serpentinite, shear, structure, thin-sectio