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Closely spaced polysynthetic twinning is often observed as striations or fine parallel lines on the crystal face. Cyclic twins are caused by repeated twinning around a rotation axis. This type of twinning occurs around three, four, five, six, or eight-fold axes, the corresponding patterns are called threelings, fourlings, fivelings , sixlings ...
Plagioclase displaying cleavage. (unknown scale) In volcanic rocks, fine-grained plagioclase can display a "microlitic" texture of many small crystals. Plagioclase (/ ˈ p l æ dʒ (i) ə ˌ k l eɪ s, ˈ p l eɪ dʒ-,-ˌ k l eɪ z / PLAJ-(ee)-ə-klayss, PLAYJ-, -klayz) [4] is a series of tectosilicate (framework silicate) minerals within the feldspar group.
Ulexite displays polysynthetic twinning parallel to the elongation, along {010} and {100} (Murdoch, 1940). [11] In thin sections cut parallel to the fibers, ulexite grains display both length-fast and length-slow orientations in equal quantities because the intermediate axis (y) of the indicatrix is roughly parallel to the elongation of the ...
Green to dark green; colorless to pale green in thin section: Crystal habit: Rarely in rough crystals; anhedral, granular to massive: Twinning: Single and polysynthetic twinning common on {100} Cleavage: Good on {110}, {110} ^ {1 1 0} ≈87°; parting on {100} Fracture: Uneven to conchoidal: Tenacity: Brittle: Mohs scale hardness: 5–6: Luster ...
This combination leads to a grid pattern, hence microcline displays gridiron twinning. Can also display carlsbad twinning, simple twins, or lack twinning altogether. Lamellae in microcline are discontinuous and "pinch and swell". Photomicrograph of thin section of microcline showing crosshatched crystal twinning (in cross polarized light) Cleavage
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An ordinary 30 μm thin section is prepared as described above but the slice of rock is attached to the glass slide using a soluble cement such as Canada balsam (soluble in ethanol) to allow both sides to be worked on. The section is then polished on both sides using a fine diamond paste until it has a thickness in the range of 2–12 μm.
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