Optical Microscopy of Floor Tile (64/02-104/10)


Analysis of: Sample 1 from floor tile (64/02-104/10)
Object the sample was taken from: floor tile (64/02-104/10)
Instrument used: polarizing microscope BX51
Analysed by: Martin Hložek
Rock and mineral fragments
Non-plastic inclusion Type
amphibole Minerals
biotite Minerals
epidote Minerals
quartz Minerals
muscovite Minerals
cataclasite Rocks
gneiss Rocks
iron oxide-hydroxide klasts Rocks
green slate Rocks
Grain type: fine grain
Binder type: heterogeneous
Grog : Binder: 1:10
Microstructure: parallel
Porosity: 4%
Firing temperature: 900–1000 °C