'Slow ray' presentation slideshows

Polarized Light

Polarized Light. Polarized Light. Polarizing Filters. Natural Polarization. Double Refraction. Polarized Light in Crystals. Privileged Directions. Fast and Slow Directions. Fast and Slow Rays. Retardation. Retardation = n ?. Retardation = (n+1/2) ?. Retardation.

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Optical Mineralogy in a Nutshell

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Pleochroism and biaxial indicatrix

Pleochroism and biaxial indicatrix. Pleochroism. Seen in plane polarized light or x-polars? Tourmaline Uniaxial negative E-ray is fast ray, what color is associated with it? O-ray is slow ray, what color is associated with it?. Pleochroism.

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Optical Mineralogy

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Lecture 16 (11/20/2006) Analytical Mineralogy Part 3: Optical Properties of Biaxial Minerals

Lecture 16 (11/20/2006) Analytical Mineralogy Part 3: Optical Properties of Biaxial Minerals. Optical Indicatrices. A 3-d map of the indices of refraction for various vibration directions of light rays

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