12.108 | Fall 2004 | Undergraduate

Structure of Earth Materials

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Notes from the lecture covering the following topics: The optical microscope, refractive index and relief, isotropic vs anisotropic minerals, identifying isotropic minerals, beckeline method, identifying anisotropic minerals, optical indicatrix, interference colors, using interference colors for and identification.

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