SpectrumPetro

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

@jonas_kampf Looking good! Those were some beautiful samples.

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

Zoned plagioclase phenocrysts in basalt.

#spectrumpetro #thinsectionthursday #thinsection #geology #mineralogy #science #photomicrography #nature #Minerals #mineral #microscope #science #rocks #petrography

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

An article on Wired recently featured a customer of Spectrum Petrographics. I had the opportunity to view Neil's exhibit during its display at the High Desert Museum in Bend. https://t.co/CIJcl5wiTS

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

Lets try that again...

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

Metapelite schist with porphyroblasts of staurolite, kyanite and garnet (left to right) in a matrix of quartz, muscovite and biotite
#spectrumpetro #thinsectionthursday #thinsection #geology #mineralogy #science #photomicrography #nature #mineral #microscope #petrography

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

A full slide image (27x46mm) of a cataclasite derived by metamorphism and alteration of  quartz biotite diorite protolith. Check out our website https://t.co/GmbRnYZz2h for more services.
#thinsection #geology #fullslidefriday #spectrumpetro #mineralogy #mineral #petrography

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

Garnet porphyroblast replaced by pennanite (blue in XPL and green in PPL) with relic radioactive mineral damage (dark spots).

#spectrumpetro #thinsectionthursday #thinsection #geology #mineralogy #science #nature #Minerals #mineral #science #rocks #petrography

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

@within_somethin Looks great Julian!

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

Euhedral andalusite porphyoblasts showing characteristic cross shaped inclusions surrounded by anhedral biotite porphyoblasts in a qtz+mu matrix .#spectrumpetro #thinsectionthursday #thinsection #geology #mineralogy #photomicrography #nature #Minerals #petrography

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

Full slide scan of tremolite porphyroblasts in a highly serpentinized ultramafic rock.

We're now offering a full slide scan service for $5 per thin section. https://t.co/NNnsObGZiF

#thinsection #geology #fullslidefriday #spectrumpetro #thinsectionthursday #thinsection #geology

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

A fantastic display of polysynthetic twinning in plagioclase in a basalt.

#thinsectionthursday #thinsection #geology #mineralogy #science #photomicrography #nature #Minerals #mineral #microscope #science #rocks #petrography #spectrumpetro

[SpectrumPetro @SpectrumPetro]

Metapelite schist with folded muscovite and andalusite porphyroblast #ThinSectionThursday #Geology #spectrumpetro #mineralogy #Photomicrography