Below are photographs (more to follow) of thin sections of rocks from northeast England and further afield.

Click on one of the thumbnails. This will open a page showing two photo's of the thin section in plane
polarised light (PPL) and cross polarised light (XPL).

vesuvianite-rich altered limestone	staurolite garnet muscovite schist	Tynemouth Dyke	Shap Granite (Adamellite)	Siderite sandstone Dogger Fn. Whitby	Tertiary Cleveland Dyke	Oolitic (ooidal) ironstone
greywacke graywacke	garnet mica schist	Andalusite-cordierite schist	Rosedale Magnetite (ironstone)	Bioclastic ooidal limestone	Garnet biotite amphibolite	Calcareous Sandstone & sponge spicules
Sphaerosiderite

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