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Thin-section micrograph of metagabbro with a 1 cm scale bar: a pale garnet and a rounded pyroxene grain each wrapped in green reaction rims, with mineral labels such as Grt, Cpx, Opx, Am and Pl.

Reaction textures in metagabbros

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Annamaria Fornelli

Bari University, Bari, Italy

Spectacular image of reaction textures in a thin section of a metagabbroic rock. Calabria, Italy

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Credit: Annamaria Fornelli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 19.8 MB Aspect 6299:4660 Width 6299 px Height 4660 px Brand Nikon Coordinates 38.8290, 16.3174 Tint Yellowish gray Published 2 March 2011 Taken 2007

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Jay Kim 14 years, 11 months ago

Is there a way to provide the same image under cross-polarized light? That is...if the sample is thin enough for cross-polarized light to shine through it.