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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

Section ∥ c, c ∥ pol plane (A)
Section ∥ c, diagonal position (A)
Mainly basal (u.l.) and near-basal sections (B)
[no entry]
 
 
  +Pol

Section ∥ c, c ∥ pol plane (ext position) (A)
Section ∥ c, diagonal position (max Δn) (A)
Section ∥ c, diagonal position, +1λ (A)
Mainly basal (u.l.) and near-basal sections (B)
[no entry]
 

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Width of view   Pol orientation
 
 1 mm
   
 W-E
     

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