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Quartz
Mindat - Composition, hand sample characteristics, and significance
Dexter Perkin’s optical mineralogy site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
Orthoclase
Mindat - Composition, hand sample characteristics, and significance
Dexter Perkin's optical Minerology Site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic- Thin section characteristics
Albite
Mindat - Composition, hand sample characteristics, and significance
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
Thin Section Atlas - Thin section characteristics
Anorthite
Mindat - Composition and hand sample characteristics
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site- Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
Britannica - Significance
Muscovite
Mindat - Composition, hand sample characteristics, and significance
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
Thin Section Atlas - Thin section characteristics
Biotite
Mindat - Composition and hand sample characteristics
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
Thin Section Atlas - Thin section characteristics
University of Minnesota - Significance and hand sample characteristics
Amphibole
Mindat - Composition and hand sample characteristics
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site (hornblende) - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic (hornblende) - Thin section characteristics
University of Minnesota- Significance and hand sample characteristics
Pyroxene
Mindat - Composition and hand sample characteristics
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site (Orthopyroxene) -Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site (Clinopyroxene)- Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic (Augite) - Thin section characteristics
MicRockscopic (Enstatite-Ferrosilite) - Thin section characteristics
University of Minnesota- Significance and hand sample characteristics
Olivine
Mindat- Composition and hand sample characteristics
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site -Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
University of Minnesota- Significance and hand sample characteristics
Calcite
Mindat - Composition and hand sample characteristics
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
University of Minnesota- Significance and hand sample characteristics
Garnet
Mindat - Composition and hand sample characteristics
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic- Thin section characteristics
Thin Section Atlas- Thin section characteristics
University of Minnesota- Significance and hand sample characteristics
Kyanite
Mindat- Composition, hand sample characteristics, and significance
Dexter Perkin's Optical Minerology Site - Thin section characteristics and geologic occurrence
MicRockscopic - Thin section characteristics
Thin Section Atlas - Thin section characteristics