Optical Microscopy of Floor Tile (446530)


Analysis of: Sample 1 from floor tile (446530)
Object the sample was taken from: floor tile (446530)
Instrument used: polarizing microscope BX51
Analysed by: Martin Hložek
Rock and mineral fragments
Non-plastic inclusion Type
alkali feldspar Minerals
biotite Minerals
quartz Minerals
muscovite Minerals
cataclasite Rocks
quartzite Rocks
metaquartzite Rocks
gneiss Rocks
sillimanite gneiss Rocks
iron oxide-hydroxide klasts Rocks
Grain type: fine grain
Binder type: heterogeneous
Grog : Binder: 1:10
Microstructure: fluidal
Porosity: 5%
Firing temperature: 800–900 °C