Tourmaline Granite Thin Section

It is an accessory mineral in granite granodiorite and related felsic rocks.

Tourmaline granite thin section.

Small 250x250 max medium 500x500 max. Tourmaline as an accessory mineral the most common occurrence of tourmaline is as an accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks. In this mode of occurrence tourmaline rarely makes up more than a few percent of the rock s volume. To link to this object paste this link in email im or document to embed this object paste this html in website.

It also exhibits intense pleochroism. Tourmaline is also a common mineral in schist gneiss quartzite and phyllite. In granites tourmaline is usually schorl type and it may form by late stage alteration of granitic minerals by pneumatolitic fluid containing boron and extreme tourmalinization may yield a rock of only tourmaline and quarz like luxullianite from the village of luxulyan in cornwall england. Fe rich chromite is typically opaque at full thin section thickness but is transparent dark brown along thin edges.

Also found in metasomatically altered limestone and dolomite in contact metamorphic zones. This is a thin section of tourmaline granite from cornwall. During the polishing process an epoxy resin is applied to the surface of the stone to fill in any natural pits cracks or fissures that may exist. Some relict skeletal feldspar.

The thin section has been slightly rotated to show the characteristic change in color of the tourmaline known as pleochroism. Longitudinal sections are usually roughly rectangular. Tourmaline commonly forms euhedral stubby columnar to acicular crystals that show a rounded triangular or crudely hexagonal cross section. It often occurs as millimeter size crystals scattered through granite pegmatite or gneiss.

Cross polarized light photomicrograph of tourmaline in sample cv 114 from the strathbogie granite australia. Acicular crystals may form radiating masses. Tourmaline thin section view description. Also found as anhedral grains or irregular masses.

With chunks of feldspar scattered areas of clear and milky quartz and pieces of biotite this granite is unique in its look. Every shipment will have a different structure and supply is limited. Cr mg al rich chromites are realtively transparent and can be dark brown at full thin section thickness. The calcium phosphate mineral apatite is a common accessory minerals of s type granites.

Add tags comment rate. Tourmaline forms triangular prismatic crystals and can show a range of body colours. As the magma evolves toward more fe rich compositions the chromite also becomes more fe rich and less transparent. Minerals in thin section 2000 perkins dexter and henke kevin.