Definition of Petrographic. Meaning of Petrographic. Synonyms of Petrographic

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Definition of Petrographic

Petrographic
Petrographic Pet`ro*graph"ic, Petrographical Pet`ro*graph"ic*al, a. Pertaining to petrography.

Meaning of Petrographic from wikipedia

- of rocks is based on the information acquired during the petrographic analysis. Petrographic descriptions start with the field notes at the outcrop and...
- A petrographic microscope is a type of optical microscope used to identify rocks and minerals in thin sections. The microscope is used in optical mineralogy...
- A petrographic province is a geological region within which the igneous rocks reveal a relationship (so-called consanguinity) in chemical composition,...
- in optical mineralogy. Addition of plates between the polarizers of a petrographic microscope makes the optical identification of minerals in thin sections...
- section (or petrographic thin section) is a thin slice of a rock or mineral sample, prepared in a laboratory, for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope...
- exhibited by minerals of the mica group under cross polarized light of the petrographic microscope. It gives the mineral a pebbly appearance as it p****es into...
- near the Earth's surface. In a recent rocks and sediment analysis or petrographic study on the lakes and adjoining rivers in San Pablo, sulfate concentrations...
- A mylonite (through a petrographic microscope)...
- a small rock sample from the area surrounding the New Quebec Crater. Petrographic analysis of this sample was conducted at the HarvardSmithsonian Center...
- in place, rather than quarried and moved, archaeological evidence and petrographic analysis indicate this was not the case. Petrie noted in 1880 the four...