Brightfield photomicrograph using cross polarizers (one of a sequence) of Picrite basalt
Images; picrite_IMG_0054, picrite_IMG_0055, picrite_IMG_0056, picrite_IMG_0057 show this slide at differnt points of extiction using cross polarization illumination (picrite_IMG_0057, the palest lacking any colour has no polarization and is how it appears using normal brightfield illumination). Picrite basalt is a variety of high magnesium olivine basalt that is very rich in the mineral olivine.
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Photo credit: © Scenics & Science / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: analysis, basalt, brightfield, chemistry, cross, geology, ground, microscope, mineralogy, photomicrograph, picrite, polarized, polarizers, section, slide, strata, volcano
