Thin-Section Comparative Lithics Image Database

Blue Hills Rhyolite

Milton, MA

50x plane polarized

50x cross polarized

50x plane polarized

50x cross polarized

Lynn Rhyolite

Marblehead, MA

50x plane polarized

50x cross polarized

50x cross polarized

100x cross polarized

Mt. Kineo Rhyolite

Traveler Formation, ME

50x xpol

50x xpol

100x xpol

100x ppol

Attleboro Red Felsite

Attleboro, MA

50x plane polarized 

 

50x cross polarized

100x cross polarized

 
Parrat "Jasper"

Berkshire Co., MA

50x plane polarized

50x cross polarized

100x cross polarized

 
Conklin Quarry "Jasper"

RI

50x plane polarized

50x cross polarized

   
Normanskill Chert

Coxsackie, NY

50x cross polarized

100x cross polarized

   
Jefferson Rhyolite

Jefferson, NH

50x plane polarized

Sphere

50x cross polarized

Sphere

50x cross polarized

 
Onondaga Chert

New Scotland, NY

50x plane polarized

Chalcedony

50x plane polarized

50x cross polarized

 

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