By: callanbentley
Image: MAGIC/Robin Rohrback
License: Creative Commons Attribution ⧉

Uploaded: 9 Jan 2018
Last Updated: 9 Jan 2018

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A thin section of Castle Danger basalt featuring amygdules comprised of clinochlore and the zeolite laumontite. Click here to explore this slide in plane polars: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/204904 Click here to explore the hand sample from which this section was taken: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/203560 Click here to explore individual amygdules: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/204113 Click here for a video of one amygdule rotating in plane polars: https://youtu.be/QrHQ2WD_o7M Click here for a video of one amygdule rotating in crossed polars: https://youtu.be/DJXD4HFyD_g