CL image of a sulfide-calcite veinlet cutting altered andesitic hornfels.
Brilliant yellow orange CL is calcite (Mn+2 activation). Grains with lemon yellow CL are apatite (also Mn+2 activation). K-spar exhibits light blue CL. The orange red CL is a calcite with different activators/quenchers.
Photo courtesy of Jim Clark and AMT (USA) Inc. Jim Clark, Applied Petrographics, Portland, OR.
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