Meteorites Fragments of the Solar System. Dedicated to Dr. Elbert King –First director of the Lunar Receiving Lab –Recovered a lot of Allende!! –Meteoriticist.
Microscope
Igneous rock textures
Minerals of the earths crust
Introduction to Optical Mineralogy
THIN SECTION AND PETROGRAPHY
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Petrology GEO 333 Lab (3) Clastic Sedimentary Rocks (Classification & Description) 2009 Mansour Al-Hashim.
Optical Mineralogy Use of the petrographic microscope.
Essential Questions What are the different types and textures of igneous rocks? How do cooling rates affect the grain sizes in igneous rocks? What are.
Optical Microscopy Study of how light passes through thin sections – rock cut and polished to about 0.3 mm thickness Use properties of light absorption.
Optical Mineralogy in a Nutshell Use of the petrographic microscope in three easy lessons Part I © Jane Selverstone, University of New Mexico, 2003 Used.
