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Calcite- and quartz-rich layers and fracture fillings in braunite-quartz ore (thulite, piemontite, calcite, quartz, cymrite)
Vitali, Andros Island, Cyclades, Greece
Source: Thin section collection Thomas Reinecke
Photos: MMR
Comments and references:
T. Reinecke (1983), Mineralogie und Petrologie der mangan- und eisenreichen Metasedimente von Andros / Kykladen / Griechenland. PhD thesis, Univ. Braunschweig.
 
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Variable crystal orientations (A)
Variable crystal orientations, 90° rotation from previous position (A)
Various crystals in diagonal position (A)
Variable crystal orientations (B)
Variable crystal orientations, 90° rotation from previous position (B)
Variable crystal orientations (B)
 
 
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Variable crystal orientations (A)
Variable crystal orientations, +1λ (A)
Variable crystal orientations (B)
 

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Width of view   Pol orientation
 
 1 mm
   
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