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EARTH MATERIALS OPTICS AND MINERALS

Learn about the interaction of waves, properties of materials, and optical phenomena. Discover the principles of frequency, refraction, and interference in minerals. Explore the behavior of light in different mediums and the optical characteristics of isotropic, uniaxial, and biaxial materials.

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EARTH MATERIALS OPTICS AND MINERALS

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  1. EARTH MATERIALS OPTICS AND MINERALS

  2. Wave Terms FREQUENCY (f) number of cycles per unit time [units = Hertz (Hz)] 1 Hz = 1 cycle/s T = 1/f; f = 1/T; T f = 1

  3. Waves can coexist in the same space with other waves. Waves interact in various ways. Waves that are in phase experience constructive interference. Image by E.B. Watson

  4. waves that are out of phase experience destructive interference... Image by E.B. Watson

  5. Objects radiate light because of their high temperatures - incandescent. light (EM) is produced whenever a charge is accelerated by an external force... Image by E.B. Watson electromagnetic wave model

  6. Visible light – part of the EM spectrum Image by E.B. Watson Longer l v = lf, and v = c

  7. % Peak solar Image by E.B. Watson

  8. Waves may be • Absorbed • Transmitted • Refracted • Reflected Image by E.B. Watson

  9. Index of refraction (n) for EM Refraction air (0oC) 1.00029 air (30oC) 1.00026 Glass 1.50 Diamond 2.42 Ice 1.31 Water 1.33 Alcohol 1.36 Image by E.B. Watson

  10. “You know how a stick looks bent when you put it in water? That’s why I no longer take baths.” Steven Wright Image by E.B. Watson

  11. Image by E.B. Watson Snell’s law

  12. Critical Angle Image by E.B. Watson All you need to find this is to solve Snell’s law for qr =90O

  13. Polarization Image by E.B. Watson

  14. Plane Polarization Filter Image by E.B. Watson

  15. When monochromatic light is transmitted through a mineral from air, its velocity slows, the waves bunch up. The frequency remains the same but the wavelength decreases.

  16. Refraction – producing constituent wavelengths Image by E.B. Watson Dispersion High f (low l) – more bending in prism

  17. The index of refraction decreases with increasing wavelength. The nD is at 589 nm. Abnormal dispersion of the ri (increased at higher l). Minerals with abnormal dispersion are always colored.

  18. Immersion oils of fixed rican identify the ri of an unknown grain. If the mineral has a higher ri = positive relief If the oil has a higher ri = negative relief Lowering the stage of a microscope, the focus (Becke) line moves to the material with higher ri.

  19. Isotropic Same in every direction. Light is refracted equally in all directions in these materials. Isometric forms (cubic) Non-lattice structures Glasses, polymers, liquids, gasses. ri is uniform

  20. Uniaxial Two ri Two principle directions at right angles. Tetragonal Hexagonal Rhomobohedral 2 configurations If c > a then (+) If c < a then (-)

  21. Uniaxial • Those with atoms equally spaced along two axes, elongated in the third. • Requires two raypaths, one in the close packed plane, one perpendicular. • The ordinary () ray and the extraordinary () ray • If the extraordinary ray is the slow ray, then the mineral is optically positive • If the extraordinary ray is the fast ray, then the mineral is optically negative.

  22. Anisotropy results when atoms are closely packed in one plane, and further apart in another. In anisotropic materials, the velocity of light varies depending on direction through the material In most directions, light that enters splits into two rays that vibrate and right angles to each other. d = thickness D = retardation

  23. Interference at the analyzer The retardation is a full wavelength - the fast and slow rays constructively interfere perpendicular to the analyzer The retardation is a half wavelength - the fast and slow rays constructively interfere in the pole of the analyzer

  24. Michel-Levy Interference Color Chart Nikon Microscopes

  25. Color Interference (birefringence)

  26. Uniaxial

  27. Uniaxial Interference figures Fast on slow -colors go low

  28. Biaxial crystals Three principle directions, not necessarily at right angles. Orthorhombic Monoclinic Triclinic

  29. Biaxial crystals • Those with atoms unequally spaced along the three crystallographic axes. • Requires three raypaths for each direction • The a, b, g rays • a is lowest ri, fastest • g is highest ri, slowest • b is the middle child • This produces two optical axes, separated by an acute angle 2Va. • If 2Va is bisected by ng, then positive. • If 2Va is bisected by na, then negative

  30. Biaxial

  31. http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/optical/bxsign1.htmhttp://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/optical/bxsign1.htm

  32. http://edafologia.ugr.es/optmine/xplconos/fbtallaw.htm

  33. Minerals retard light relative to air Light is refracted as a function of the velocity difference. Polarization eliminates all but one vibration direction Isotropic materials have only one velocity - no interference Uniaxial minerals have two raypath velocities - optic axis is on c and exhibit interference Biaxial minerals have three raypath velocities - two optic axes and exhibit interference

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