Petrography - photographic applications

Collected by Georgi Il. Georgiev

Created for educational, non-commercial use

The planet earth

 Igneous rocks–intrusive

Peridotite Pyroxenite

Stratified ultramafic intrusion

Peridotite

Stratified ultramafic intrusion Stratified ultramafic intrusion

Anorthosite Porphy gabro

Gabro
Gabro
Porphy (leopard) gabbro (photo left) and porphy (leopard) diabase (photo right)

Diorite Diorite

Quartz diorite Monconite

 Syenite Syenite

Granodiorite
Granite

Granite Granite
 Granite Granite

Granite Granite

Rapakivi Granite Porphy granite

Porphyroid granite Granite

Granite Granite pegmatite

Granite pegmatite Granite pegmatite

 Syenite pegmatite Aplite

Alkaline quartz syenite

Shonkinite with an intruded tingwaitic dike
 Volcanism and volcanic rocks

Central type volcano - aerial photo Central type of volcanoes

Volcanic eruption Volcanic eruption

Lava fountain Fissure type volcanism

 Lightning can occur when volcanoes erupt and before earthquakes

Endogenous dome - lava needle

Endogenous dome - lava needle

Pyroclastic flow
Pyroclastic flow
 Volcanic eruption Slag cone

Volcanic eruption on Io

Active volcanic activity on Io - one of Jupiter's satellites

 Volcanism on Io
Volcanic eruption on Io

A caldera in which later volcanic cones were formed A caldera in which later volcanic cones were formed

Lava lake
Basalt roof
 Lava flow Lava flows

Pahoechoe type lava flow Pahoechoe type lava flow

Pahoechoe type lava flow

Pahoechoe type lava flow

Pahoechoe type lava flow Pahoechoe type lava flow

Pahoechoe type lava flow Pahoechoe type lava

Pahoechoe type lava

Pahoechoe type lava
 Lava "language" A lava flow in the ocean

A lava flow in the ocean A lava flow in the ocean

Lava outpouring in the ocean

Lava outpouring in the ocean
 Lava cascade Lava drapery

Type aa lava flow Type aa lava flow

Type aa lava flow Type aa lava flow

 Volcanic ash Lapilis
(sizes - under 2 mm) (sizes – from 2 to 64 mm)

Vulcan Bomb (sizes – over 64mm)

Sulfur deposited by fumarole A mini mud volcano crater

Pillow lava Pillow lavas

Pillow lavas Pillow lavas

Pillow lavas Pillow lavas

Prismatic cracking in a lava flow Prismatic cracking in a lava flow

Tephroid flysch Tephroid flysch

Tuffs lapilli tuff with basaltic composition

Tuffs Tuffs

Tuffs Tuffs

Tuffs Tuffs
Tuffs Tuffs

Basalt Basalt

Basalt Olivine phenocryst in basalt

Basalt Slag Basalt Slag

Diabase Diabase

Andesite Andesite
Andesite Andesite

Latite Trachyte

Dacite Dacite
 Rhyolite
Rhyolite

Rhyolite Perlite

Rhyolite Obsidian
Obsidian Obsidian

Obsidian
Obsidian

Tuff Tuff
Ash tuff Tuff

Tuff
Tuff
 Volcanic breccia
Agglomerate tuff
 Sedimentary rocks

Polymictic boulder breccia-conglomerate Polymictic boulder breccia-conglomerate

Conglomerate Conglomerate

Conglomerate Breccia
 Breccia Breccia

Gravelite Gravelite

Quartz sandstone
Sandstone
 Sandstone
Sandstone

Sandstone
Rippelmarks in siltstone
Siltstone Siltstone

Siltstone
Siltstone
 Argillite Loess

Iron oxide rock (hematite)

Iron oxide rock

Iron-manganese rock Iron-oxide rock

Siderite concretion Siderite concretion

Sylvine
Sylvine

Halitite (rock salt) Halitite (rock salt)

Halite deposited on a pebble - Dead Sea Halitite

Halite Halite

Halite Halite
 Gypsum
Gypsum

Gypsum
Gypsum

Anhydrite Anhydrite
Manganese phosphorite (the dark rock) and organogenic
limestone (the light rock in the middle of the specimen) Manganese phosphorites (top photos), marl (bottom left photo) and
organogenic limestone (bottom right photo)

Jasper Jasper

Jasper
Jasper
Layered silicite (black) among limestone (light) Flintstone rock of organogenic origin

Zeolite among volcanic rock Zeolite

Bauxite Bauxite
Bauxite Bauxite

Bauxite
Bauxite

Amber
Amber
 Amber Amber

Peat Anthracite coal

Glauconite sandstone Glauconite sandstone

Limestone (top) and siltstone (bottom)
Limestone

Limestone
Limestone

Limestone
Limestone
 Limestone (chalk)
Limestone

The highest stalagmite in the world – 67.2 m The highest cave column in the world – 61.5 m
Stalactite
Aragonite

Aragonite
Aragonite pearls
 Oolitic limestone
Oolitic limestone

Bigor Bigor

Travertine Travertine
Shelly limestone Shelly limestone

Shelly limestone Marl

Dolomite Dolomite
 Dolomite
Dolomite
 Metamorphic rocks

Hornfels
Hornfels

Hornfels Hornfels

Knotted shist
Knotted shist
 Spotted shist
Knotted shist

Mylonite

Mylonite

Mylonite
Mylonite
 Mylonite
Ultramylonite (blastomylonite)

A meteorite fall A meteorite crater. Impact metamorphism caused by a meteorite.

A meteorite crater. Impact metamorphism caused by a meteorite. A meteorite crater. Impact metamorphism caused by a meteorite.
 A meteorite crater. Impact metamorphism caused by a meteorite.

A meteorite crater. Impact metamorphism caused by a meteorite.

A meteorite crater. Impact metamorphism caused by a meteorite. Impact breccia

Phyllite
Phyllite
 Phyllite
Phyllite

Phyllite Schist

Muscovite schist
Mica schist
 Mica schist
Mica schist crosscutting by quartz veins

Garnet Mica Schist Talc shale

Garnet Mica Schist

Garnet Mica Schist
Muscovite shale Mica schist

Mica schist
Mica schist

Green shale Green shale

Actinolite schist
Garnet-kyanite schist

Andalusite schist Cordierite schist

Serpentinite
Serpentinite
Serpentinite Quartzite

Quartzite Quartzite

Kyenite shale Stavrolite schist

 Marble Marble

Marble Marble

Marble with serpentinite

Marble with ruby
Marble with graphite Styolitic surface in marble

Marble Calc-schist

Gneiss Gneiss
Gneiss Gneiss

Gneiss
Gneiss

Gneiss
Garnet gneiss
 Gneiss Blue shale

Amphibolite with garnet Amphibolite

Eclogite
Eclogite
 Eclogite Eclogite

Migmatized granito-gneiss Granite-gneiss

Migmatite Migmatite
 Wollastonite-garnet skarn Wollastonite-garnet skarn

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