Tremolite In Marble Thin Section

Scanning electron micrograph of tremolite.

Tremolite in marble thin section.

5camg co 3 2 dolomite 8sio 2 h 2 o ca 2 mg 5 si 8 o 22 oh 2 tremolite 3caco 3 calcite 7co 2. Home atlas of minerals in thin section. The word marble derives from the greek màrmaron crystalline rock shining stone. Subhedral basal sections of colourless tremolite with talc.

Pereval marble quarry slyudyanka sludyanka lake baikal area irkutskaya oblast prebaikalia pribaikal e eastern siberian region russia. Highly birefringent tremolite in marble. Tremolite thin section photomicrographs are taken in plane polarized light and cross polarized light and can easily be recognized under the microscope. Tremolite marble the term marble in geology is restricted to metamorphic rocks in which the carbonate minerals have recrystallized.

Ppl left xpl right. The field of view above under crossed polars. Tremolite in talc tremolite schist plane polars. Tremolite in hand sample.

It occurs from the conversion of dolomite silica and water into tremolite calcite and carbon dioxide by way of the following reaction. C axis parallel sections of acicular tremolite with talc. Tremolite ppl tremolite xpl. Acicular tremolite in quartzite.

Tremolite in thin section thin section gigapans. Black grains of magnesiocoulsonite with green chromian tremolite metallic bronze grain of thiospinelid of kalininite florensovite series is visible in the upper right corner of the image. This process generally increases the average grain size which gives marble its sparkling appearance.