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Thin Section Thursday:
The matrix of devitrified glass and microlites has flowed around this large composite feldspar grain. In XP, the central grain is black because it has been rotated to extinction. In other orientations it is gray to white. Contributed by Matt Kohn. #thinsectionthursday
October 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
American Mineralogist:
A machine learning-based approach using clinopyroxene data to improve accuracy and efficiency in predicting tectonic settings: Implications for Rodinia supercontinent breakup triggered by mantle plume events
Hengxu Li, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
July 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sillimanite; rutile; garnet; reddish biotite; and somewhat altered plagioclase. XP: garnet is black, sillimanite is gray, and feldspar shows some exsolution. Contributed by Matt Kohn. You can contribute too! Send images and short caption to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
July 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'd be happy to help push.
March 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM