Royal Ontario Museum Polarised-Light Microscopy Laboratory

Volcanic Ash / Tephra

Crystal system: Isotropic
Refractive index:
Birefringence:
Cleavage:
Twinning:
Colour in PPL: colourless
Pleochroism: none
Relief:
Distinction:
Occurrence: clear and unaltered glass, vesicular, and/or Y - shaped fracture patterning observed
Volcanic ash - Plain polarized light - Volcanic 1 petrofabric - Belize
Volcanic ash - Plain polarized light - Volcanic 1 petrofabric - Belize
  Volcanic ash - Plain polarized light - Volcanic 1 petrofabric - Belize
Volcanic ash - Plain polarized light - Volcanic 1 petrofabric - Belize

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