Determination of 2V from one extinction curve and its related n0 curve
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Summary
From the extinction curve of a biaxial crystal mounted on a spindle stage (or one-axis stage goniometer), the related n0 curve can be derived and drawn on the stereogram. The n0 curve is the equivibration curve—or constant-refractive-index curve—that goes through the projection P0 of the spindle-stage axis. After the principal diameters (maximum 2η and minimum 2ζ) of the no curve have been measured, the angle 2V may be calculated by means of the formula cos V = sin ζ/sin η. This method can also be used for determining—or refining—the directions of the principal axes α, β, γ.
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- Research Article
- Information
- Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 33 , Issue 263 , December 1963 , pp. 679 - 692
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- Copyright © 1963, The Mineralogical Society
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