Section: Topic 3 | Rock Minerals in Thin Sections

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Pleochroism

The property of anisotropic crystals to absorb different wavelengths of light in different directions.
A colour's change is observed when the crystal is rotated in plane polarised light.

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- Select activity Chain silicates (Augite, Diallage, Aegirine)
  
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