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Kyanite

Felsic granulite (garnet, kyanite/sillimanite, quartz, feldspar, rutile)
Saxonian Granulite Massif, Germany
Source: Thin section collection Steinmann-Institut, Universität Bonn
Photos: MMR
Comments and references:
Sillimanite pseudomorphs after kyanite (A, B) and spinel-plagioclase symplectite (C)
 
  PPL

Pseudomorph, no remains of kyanite (A)
Pseudomorphs, no remains of kyanite (B)
Partial replacement by symplectite (C)
 
 
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Pseudomorph, no remains of kyanite (A)
Pseudomorphs, no remains of kyanite (B)
Partial replacement by symplectite (C)
 

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Sillimanite pseudomorph after kyanite
 

Width of view   Pol orientation
 
 0.5 mm
   
 W-E
     

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