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Zoisite

Retrograded eclogite (zoisite, clinozoisite, baryte, garnet, paragonite, titanite, calcite)
Gastacher Wände, Venediger Group, East Tyrol, Austria
Source: Thin section collection M.M. Raith
Photos: MMR
Comments and references:
Porphyroblastic zoisite overgrowing the schistose fabric of a completely retrograded eclogite
 
  PPL

Section ⊥ b
Section ⊥ b, a and c in diagonal position
Section ∥ b
Section ∥ b; diagonal position
 
 
  +Pol

Section ⊥ b; extinction position
Section ⊥ b; a and c in diagonal position
Section ⊥ b, X = a in diagonal position, +1λ
Section ∥ b, extinction position
Section ∥ b, diagonal position
Section ∥ b (= Y) and c (= Z), diagonal position, +1λ
 

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Width of view   Pol orientation
 
 2 mm
   
 W-E
     

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