Optical Microscopy of Stove Tile (no id)


Analysis of: Sample 1 from stove tile (no id)
Object the sample was taken from: stove tile (no id)
Instrument used: polarizing microscope BX51
Analysed by: Martin Hložek
Rock and mineral fragments
Non-plastic inclusion Type
alkali feldspar Minerals
amphibole Minerals
biotite Minerals
quartz Minerals
muscovite Minerals
plagioclase Minerals
amphibolite Rocks
biomass Rocks
granitoid Rocks
cataclasite Rocks
quartzite Rocks
Chemical analysis:
Chemical/Sloučenina Value/Hodnota
SiO2 32.29%
Al2O3 6.62%
Fe2O3 1.46%
CaO 1.50%
CuO 1.88%
PbO2 56.24%

Grain type: fine grain
Binder type: heterogeneous
Grog : Binder: 1:4
Microstructure: parallel
Porosity: 5%
Firing temperature: 800 °C