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ERTH2005 - mineral thin sections
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actinolite
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amphibole
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biotite (brown)
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calcite
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chalcedony
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chiastoltie (andalusite)
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chlorite (green)
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clinopyroxene
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cordierite
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cordierite
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cordierite
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cummingtonite
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evaporate (halite - light, anhydrite - dark)
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garnet in metamorphic rock
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garnet mica schist
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garnet
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glaucophane
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heulandite
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hornblende
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jadeite
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kyanite
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leucite
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microcline (pericline twinning)
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microcline
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monazite
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muscovite (white)
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muscovite in granofels
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nepheline
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nepheline
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olivine in basalt
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olivine in dunite
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peridotite (olivine and c/o pyroxenes) and spinel (opaque)
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plagioclase - albite twinning
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plagioclase - zoning
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quartz
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quartz and feldspar
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quartz in granite
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quartz sand in calcite cement
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quartz
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quartzite
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recrystallised hornblende
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sandstone
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sanidine - carlsbad twinning
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sanidine
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scapolite
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serpentine
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shale
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sillimanite
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sillimanite
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staurolite
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tourmaline (green) and biotite
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two pyroxene intergrowth
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periclase
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magnetite
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chromite
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corundum
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hematite
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ilmenite
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pyrolusite
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cassiterite
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brucite
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goethite
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galena
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pyrrhotite
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sphalerite
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chalcopyrite
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pyrite
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gypsum
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alunite
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magnesite
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malachite
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azurite
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dolomite
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apatite
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orthopyroxene
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kaolinite
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talc
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pyrophyllite
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orthoclase
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andalusite
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smectite
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gold
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copper
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fluorite
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arsenopyrite
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epidote