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| Title | Thin seciton of nepheline syenite |
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| Description | This is a photo of a plain polarized thin section of nepheline syenite. Cheifly composed of granular to anhedral aggregates of albite, nepheline and subordinate mafics: biotite and hastingsite. The nepheline is completely anhedral and is readily differentiated from the other felsic species by its lack of twinning, its slightly turbid aspect, its irregular fracture pattern and its alteraion to sericite. The albite is subhedral-tabular. Some sections show slightly curved twin lamellae and minor gradation zoning. The biotite is pleochroic from olive green to very dark green in color and anhedral in form. Accessories can incluse relatively abundant coarse, anhedral, interstitial calcite that is primary and minor cancrinte, microcline, and sodalite. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Precambrian |
| Geologic province | Grenville |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario ▹ Methuen Township. Near Blue Mountain. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2002-04-03. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #17. |
| Key words | Precambrian, nepheline, syenite, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 606 KB. Thin section. Nikon FDX-35. |
| GeoDIL number | 2560 |
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