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Cancrinite - Vishnevite

Cancrinite-nepheline phonolite fragment
Dellen pumice quarry, Laacher See area, Eifel, Germany; Lower Laacher See Tephra
Source: Thin section collection M.M. Raith
Photos: MMR
Comments and references:
Literature: Wörner, G. & Schmincke, H.-U. (1984), Journal of Petrology 25, 805-835
 
  PPL

Variable crystal orientations (elongate sections ∥ c to near-basal sections) (A)
Variable crystal orientations (elongate sections ∥ c to basal sections orthogonal to c) (B)
Variable crystal orientations (C)
Variable crystal orientations; basal sections (orthogonal to c): crystals in upper left centre and lower centre (D)
 
 
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Variable crystal orientations (elongate sections ∥ c to near-basal sections) (A)
Variable crystal orientations (elongate sections ∥ c to near-basal sections), +1λ (A)
Variable crystal orientations (elongate sections ∥ c to basal sections orthogonal to c) (B)
Variable crystal orientations (elongate sections ∥ c to basal sections orthogonal to c), +1λ (B)
Variable crystal orientations (C)
Variable crystal orientations, +1λ (C)
Variable crystal orientations; basal sections (orthogonal to c): crystals in upper left centre and lower centre (D)
 

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Width of view   Pol orientation
 
 4 mm
   
 W-E
     

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