The Heart of a Stone
by Bernardo Cesare, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Heart-shaped glomerocryst (aggregate of phenocrysts) made of plagioclase and pyroxene in a cordierite-bearing dacitic lava from Lipari (Eolie islands).
I study the crustal xenoliths of these lavas to understand the processes accompanying high-temperature metamorphism and crustal melting.
But I came across this spectacular glomerocryst and couldn't help but take a picture!
Polarized light photomicrograph.
Crossed polarizers plus red tint plate. Width c. 5 mm.
Taken on 30
January
2019
Submitted on 14 Feb 2019
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volcano, rocks, abstract art, scicomm, stem, crystals
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Credit: Bernardo Cesare (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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