Augite Thin Section

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Augite thin section. Augite is a clinopyroxene part of a solid solution series. Add tags comment rate. Augite thin section view description.

Clinopyroxenes and orthopyroxenes are easily distinguished in thin section by their extinction angles. Usually colorless tan gray pale green pale brown or brownish green in thin section. Black to dark green in hand sample.

Ranges from splintery to uneven. Euhedral crystal of augite from teide 4 4 x 3 0 x 2 3 cm augite is a solid solution in the pyroxene group. In thin section colorless to gray.

Home rocks and minerals augite thin section reference url share. To link to this object paste this link in email im or document to embed this object paste this html in website. Diopside and hedenbergite are important endmembers in augite but augite can also contain significant aluminium titanium and sodium and other elements.

When occurring with either of these other pyroxenes the calcium content of augite is a function of temperature and pressure. Home atlas of minerals in thin section. Because its chemical structure is highly variable augite might be considered by.

Black brown greenish violet brown. Augite thin section photomicrographs are taken in plane polarized light and cross polarized light and can easily be recognized under the microscope. It is an intermediate member of diopside and hedenbergite.