Why Optical Mineralogy?

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(Minerals
)

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Non-
Crystalline
) (Amorphous


) .(Glass

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Quartz crystal

Calcite crystal

Diamond crystal

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Goniometer
Goniometer

Diamond crystal

Calcite crystal

)
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Limestone

Gneiss

Granite

Breccia

Giant Gypsum crystals in cave


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Canada Balsam

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Quartz

Plagioclase

Orthoclase

Biotite

Olivine

Microcline

Optical

Mineralogy
Polarizing Microscope

Polarizing microscope

White light

Monochromatic light

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Monochromatic
Light

Spectrum
of
electromagnetic
radiation