Quartz Diorite
by Alfred Pasieka/science Photo Library
Title
Quartz Diorite
Artist
Alfred Pasieka/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Quartz diorite, thin section. Light micrograph taken with polarised light. This is a coarse-grained, holocrystalline igneous rock dominated by altered plagioclase (40 vol%), hornblende (50%) and quartz (10%), with minor zircon, sericite (white mica) and chlorite. Horizontal object size: 2.0 mm.
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October 7th, 2018
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