This resource shows different igneous rocks as seen under a polarising microscope. These images are ‘free to use’ for non-commercial educational purposes. Please acknowledge their source as GeoHubLiverpool.
Igneous rocks in thin section
This resource shows a range of different igneous rocks as seen under a polarising microscope. For each igneous rock there is a photograph of a thin section taken under plane polarised light (PPL) and an image of the same thin section taken under crossed polars (XPL).
