Visualizing Metamorphic Rocks

Thin section images

• Metamorphic rock thin sections including amphibolite, migmatite, gneiss, serpentinite, eclogite, cordierite, and schist.
• Metamorphic Textures I -- John Winter, Whitman College; powerpoint presentation with figures from Chapter 23 of Winter's Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology textbook.
• Metamorphic Textures II -- John Winter, Whitman College; powerpoint presentation with figures from Chapter 23 of Winter's Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology textbook.
• Virtual Microscope - is a creative site that allows for viewing, zooming, measuring, and comparing thin sections in plane polarized and cross polarized light. Metamorphic rocks on this site include:
• United Kingdom Virtual Microscope collection- igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks from the United Kingdom.