Brightfield photomicrograph (one of a sequence) of Picrite basalt


Images; picrite_IMG_0054, picrite_IMG_0055, picrite_IMG_0056, picrite_IMG_0057 show this slide at different points of extinction using cross polarized illumination (picrite_IMG_0057, the palest lacking any colour has no polarization applied 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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Keywords: analysis, basalt, brightfield, chemistry, geology, ground, microscope, mineralogy, photomicrograph, picrite, polarized, section, slide, strata, volcano