Hornblende-Schist, Mitsuishi(Hokkaido): Field width = 8.8mm A caption is in the bottom. The Image is XPL on mouse to PPL
北海道三石の角閃石片岩 横幅8.8mm.写真の下に説明.薄片写真:クロスポーラー(XPL).マウスを乗せるとオープンポーラー(PPL).


Across the central Hokkaido, there is a famous metamorphic belt named "Kaumikotan" originated from the culture of indigenous people, the Ainu. This metamorphic rocks are chracterized with low-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic minerals. This sample contains a lot of hornblendes, khaki to yelow and brown colored under XPL and pale dark green under PPL. Others are plagioclases.

神居古潭変成帯は北海道の中央部に位置する.その名前は先住民のアイヌ文化から来ている.低温高圧型の変成鉱物が含まれる.
PPLで淡緑色,XPLでカーキ色や黄色茶色の鉱物は角閃石,その他の鉱物は斜長石.


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