Pyriboles

Relief - high Colour - colourless RI Birefringence Interference colours - 3rd order Comments - Show complex zoning and intergrowths between compositions.

Pyribole/anthophyllite/actinolite (colourless) with carbonate and chlorite PPL Metaperidotite, Achmelvich, NW Scotland

Pyribole/anthophyllite/actinolite with carbonate and chlorite. The field of view above under ccrossed polars. XPL Metaperidotite, Achmelvich, NW Scotland

Pyribole/anthophyllite/actinolite with carbonate and chlorite XPL Metaperidotite, Achmelvich, NW Scotland

Euhedral/subhedral crystals showing complex compositional zoning. The cores are probably

anthophyllite or actinolite, the 'wings' are probably triple-chain pyriboles (jimthompsonite, chesterite). XPL Metaperidotite, Achmelvich, NW Scotland

Euhedral/subhedral crystals showing 'wings' of triple-chain pyriboles (jimthompsonite, chesterite). XPL Metaperidotite, Achmelvich, NW Scotland

Euhedral basal section of ?anthophyllite, with complex zoned triple chain pyriboles/anthophyllite/actinolite. XPL Metaperidotite, Achmelvich, NW Scotland