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Rocks and Minerals seen through the Petrological Microscope
Normal Light
Polarised Light
(Scale: Each image approx. 0.75 mm across)
Basalt. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.Crystals of Plagioclase Feldspar aligned by flow of lava. Polarisation shows some of them are twin crystals because each half has different crystal orientation.
