Garnets tend to be less strongly coloured than other silicate minerals in thin section, although pyrope may show a pale pinkish-purple hue in plane-polarized hology, and mineral associations should also be used in identification of pyrope under the microscope.
Garnets tend to be less strongly coloured than other silicate minerals in thin section, although pyrope may show a pale pinkish-purple hue in plane-polarized hology. Mineral associations should also be used in identification of pyrope under the microscope.