Banded lazulite-quartz(-apatite) vein -
Rotriegel near Krieglach, Styria, Austria


       
Description: Pale blue, lazulite-rich domains up to 1 cm thick are interlayered with quartz-rich domains.
White grains in quartz are apatite. Lazulite behaved brittle during deformation and is broken, whereas quartz
was ductile and is recrystallized.
Locality: Rotriegel, Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria.
References:
Sample details: Collected 14.2.1998. Polished slab. Field of view 10 cm. Sample AN237 (RR003).
last changes: 23.6.2005