10 relations: Bird's eye maple (mineral property), Lighting, Mineral, Optical mineralogy, Petrographic microscope, Petrology, Polarized light microscopy, Solid solution, Thin section, Undulose extinction.
Bird's eye maple (mineral property)
Bird's eye maple, or bird's eye extinction, is a specific type of extinction exhibited by minerals of the mica group under cross polarized light of the petrographic microscope.
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Lighting
Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect.
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Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occurring chemical compound, usually of crystalline form and not produced by life processes.
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Optical mineralogy
Optical mineralogy is the study of minerals and rocks by measuring their optical properties.
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Petrographic microscope
A petrographic microscope is a type of optical microscope used in petrology and optical mineralogy to identify rocks and minerals in thin sections.
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Petrology
Petrology (from the Greek πέτρος, pétros, "rock" and λόγος, lógos, "subject matter", see -logy) is the branch of geology that studies rocks and the conditions under which they form.
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Polarized light microscopy
Polarized light microscopy can mean any of a number of optical microscopy techniques involving polarized light.
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Solid solution
A solid solution is a solid-state solution of one or more solutes in a solvent.
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Thin section
In optical mineralogy and petrography, a thin section (or petrographic thin section) is a laboratory preparation of a rock, mineral, soil, pottery, bones, or even metal sample for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope, electron microscope and electron microprobe.
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Undulose extinction
Undulose extinction or undulatory extinction is a geological term referring to the type of extinction that occurs in certain minerals when examined in thin section under cross polarized light.
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Extinction angle, Extinction position.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_(optical_mineralogy)