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Founded in 1919, the MSA’s mission is to diligently work on the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industry, and the arts. Website: msaweb.org
It's an igneous texture - from a slowly cooling magma. Clinopyroxene is the brightly colored mineral in this thin section view with polars crossed.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM