Leucitite mineral, light micrograph. The lighting technique used on this thin section of leucitite has revealed the diffraction colours and crystallin

---

Leucitite mineral, light micrograph. The lighting technique used on this thin section of leucitite has revealed the diffraction colours and crystalline nature of the mineral. Leucitite is a general name for volcanic rock containing the mineral leucite. Leucite is a mineral that combines potassium and aluminium tectosilicate.

---

Size: 4814px × 3720px
Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aluminium, colour, colourful, colours, crystal, crystalline, crystals, earth, geological, geology, leucite, leucitite, light, lm, micrograph, microscope, mineral, mineralogy, nature, potassium, sample, science, section, silicate, tectosilicate, thin