Sphene (Titanite)

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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Plane-Polarized Light

• High relief
• Often brownish or pinkish
• Wedge- or rhomb-shaped crystals common

Crossed Polarizers

• Extremely high birefringence - ultra-high-order whites result in little change in appearance.

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Created 15 October 2009, Last Update