Actinolite, Crossed Polars

Actinolite, plane polarized light.

Magnification: 40x

Rock: actinolite schist

Click here to watch this grain  rotate in PPL:
Actinolite, Plane Polars

Click here to explore a hand sample of actinolite:
https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/NxM...

Click here to explore a pretty little actinolite in quartz:
https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/APn...

Click here to explore actinolite replacing spinifex olivine in a meta-komatiite:
https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/PPB...

Click here to explore this thin section in plane polars:
https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/ReT...

Click here to explore this thin section in crossed polars:
https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/Odc...

NVCC slide AM93.

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