exsolution lamellae

exsolution lamellae

[¦ek·sə′lü·shən lə′mel·ē]
(geology)
Layers of sedimentary rock that solidify from solution by either precipitation or secretion.
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The transparency is due to the lack of exsolution lamellae in some samples.
Tourmaline from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
The miscibility gap is narrower at high temperatures, so that under slow cooling conditions, early formed augites and low-Ca pyroxenes develop exsolution lamellae as low-Ca pyroxene and augite (respectively) are expelled from the structures.
Igneous rock associations 4. Oceanic island volcanism I mineralogy and petrology
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