Polarised light micrograph of a thin section of granulated metabasite. Granulites are a class of high-grade metamorphic rocks of the granulite facies

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Polarised light micrograph of a thin section of granulated metabasite. Granulites are a class of high-grade metamorphic rocks of the granulite facies that have experienced high-temperature and moderate-pressure metamorphism. They are medium to coarse–grained and mainly composed of feldspars sometimes associated with quartz and anhydrous ferromagnesian minerals, with granoblastic texture and gneissose to massive structure. Horizontal object size:

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Photo credit: © ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: coarse, feldspar, gneissos, graine, granoblastic, granulated, granulite, granulites, light, metabasite, metamorphic, metamorphism, micrograph, minerals, polarised, polarized, rock, section, texture, thin