Diallage, a dark green or bronze-coloured laminated pyroxene mineral. Thin section viewed with polarized lighting. Crousa downs, Cornwall, UK.

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Keywords: anisotropic, augite, birefractive, birefringence, birefringent, cross, diopside, micrograph, microscope, polarised, pyroxenes