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Tabla Michel Levy
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Orthoscopy Conoscopy
Tube lens
Collector
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Rotating the mineral into a diagonal Inserting the lambda compensator Rotating the mineral by a further 90°
position (Addition of a path difference of 551 nm) Effect: In this position (addition posi-
(45° from position of extinction) Assumption: second order blue tion) the mineral appears greenish blue
Maximum brightness (path difference ca 655 nm) (655 nm + 551 nm = 1206 nm)
Identification of interference color:
blue Effect: In subtraction position the Result: The interference color has been
mineral appears lavender- to bluegrey identified as a second order blue.
This amounts to two distinct possibilities: (655 nm – 551 nm = 104 nm)
second order blue
(path difference ca 655 nm)
third order blue
(path difference ca 1150 nm) 5
Follow the 655 nm line of the path dif- the respective birefringence magnitude
ference across to find the intersection on the scale on the right. In this case
with the corresponding thickness line this leads to a birefringence value of
(usually 25 – 30 μm). From this intersec- 0.024; the mineral has been identified
tion, follow the "sun line" downwards as an augite.
towards the bottom right to pinpoint
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Reading direction
Thickness
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10
20
30
40
50
d [µm]
(nγ – nα)
Birefringence
Black 0
Iron gray
40 0.001 Pennine Analcite Cryolite
Leucite Melilite
Lavender gray 97 0.002 Ripidolite Apophyllite Saponite
Marialite Halloysite
First Order
Bright yellow 332 Glaserite Harmotome Åkermanite
0.007 Aenigmatite Antigorite Kaolinite
Second Order
0.018 Hiortdahlite Thomsonite
Pure yellow 910
Talc
Rutile
Calcite
Siderite
Sphene
Datolite
Anatase
Brookite
Aegirine
Meionite
Hematite
Dolomite
Tephroite
Geikielite
Ascharite
Monazite
Grunerite
Aegerine-
Aragonite
Magnesite
Columbite
Baddeleyite
Pyrophanite
Astrophyllite
Basaltic Hornblende
Nylon
Biotite
Tilleyite
Spurrite
Glucose
Maltose
Diaspore
Cellulose
Carbamide
Cholesterole
Carborundum
Brownmillerite
Bicalciumferrite
Monocalciumferrite
Ilvaite
Fayalite
Låvenite
Kieserite
Goethite
Phengite
Xenotime
Ludwigite
Anhydrite
Michel-Lévy
Cassiterite
Piemontite
Nontronite
Whewellite
Titanbiotite
Pyrophyllite
Color Chart
0,57
0,36
0,286
0,280
0,270
0,241
0,195
0,180
0,172
0,156
0,150
0,140
0,120
0,107
0,096
0,090
Stilpno melane 0,080
0,073
0,070
0,065
0,063
0,060
0,055
0,052
0,050
0,049
0,048
0,047
0,045
0,044
0,043
0,041
0,039
0,038
Linearly and circularly polarized light
circular
Specimen
circular
positive
barite
negative
muskovite
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Highlights of minerals analysis
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Kindly supported by
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Dr. M. Magnus
Institute of Geology and Paleontology
Materials
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