Welcome to the geology department online thinsection image database! This is a small but growing collection of digitized images of common minerals viewed through a polarizing microscope.

All the above minerals also can be found in the http://www.people.carleton.edu/~bhaileab/Petrology/BH250Slides/ThinSection.html collection that I have and you are wellcome to visit the link and enjoy several of the minerals.

All photos were recorded by Professor Bereket Haileab.

Direct any mineral questions to: bhaileabATcarleton.edu