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Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals & Textures Microtextures of metamorphic rocks crenulation cleavage eclogite eclogite (retrograded) foliation gneiss granoblastic texture hornfels (banded) hornfels (spotted) marble mesh texture mylonite palisades texture phyllite poikiloblastic texture porphyroblastic texture porophyroclastic texture quartzite slate subgrains talc-tremolite schist whiteschist
Microtextures of plutonic rocks
alteration anorthosite bronzitite clinopyroxenite diabase dunite gabbro granite granophyre micrographic texture myrmekite norite ophitic texture orthopyroxenite perthite poikilitic texture sericitic alteration sieve texture (in plagioclase) subgrains in quartz tonalite Microtextures of volcanic rocks amygdaloidal texture breccia kimberlite komatiite nepheline basalt rhyolite scoria spherulites spinifex texture tuff (lightly compacted) tuff (poorly-welded) tuff (welded) vesicles vitrophyre Index of minerals in thin-section amphibole glaucophane
hornblende
tremolite
andalusite augite biotite calcite clinopyroxene augite
chlorite chloritoid coesite ellenbergerite epidote feldspar microcline
plagioclase
garnet glaucophane hornblende hypersthene idocrase (vesuvianite) kyanite leucite microcline muscovite nepheline olivine orthopyroxene hypersthene piemontite plagioclase quartz quartz after coesite sericite staurolite stilpnomelane talc titanite (sphene) tremolite tourmaline vesuvianite (idocrase)
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