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Ore Minerals in Reflected Light
Ore Minerals in Reflected Light
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This is the same field of view as previous section but with partially crossed
polars. The strong anisotropy of heazlewoodite (blush-pink and blue-grey)
and extreme anisotropy of millerite (golden yellow to deep blue) are visible.
Millerite forms along the fractures in heazlewoodite but is associated with a
phase with less intense anisotropy colours (orange-brown, left centre to
blue-grey, centre right) which has the optical properties of godlevskite.
Blue-green internal reflections of serpentine arc striking.
Polished thin section, partially crossed polars, oil