Ilmenite. Glen Gairn, Scotland




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125µm


A diorite has lobate crystals of ilmenite that show reflection pleochroism from brown (centre) to grey-brown (left centre). They occur within coarse-grained biotite (black).


Polished thin section, plane polarized light, x 160, oil



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