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An interferometric survey of the micas (With Plates VII–IX)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

S. Tolansky  and
Pamela G. Morris
S. Tolansky
Affiliation:
Royal Holloway College, London University
Pamela G. Morris
Affiliation:
Royal Holloway College, London University
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In a group of earlier publications details have been given of the application of multiple-beam interference methods to the study of mica. The characteristic structure of this mineral is exhibited by the Fizeau fringes which are produced when one side of a mica slip is silvered and placed against a similarly coated optical flat. The fringes show that the surface is violently contorted and crossed by cleavage steps, the heights of which appear to be integral multiples of the crystal-lattice spacing perpendicular to the basal plane of cleavage. If, however, a mica slip (thickness circa 1/100 mm.) is silvered on both sides then fringes of a totally different appearance are observed. It is frequently found that, despite the distortions on the surface, the Fizeau fringes are large areas of uniform illumination bounded by cleavage ‘lines’.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 28 , Issue 198 , September 1947 , pp. 137 - 145
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1947

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page 137 note 1 Tolansky, S., Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. A, 1945, vol. 184, p. 51 ; ibid., 1946, vol. 186, p. 261 ; Phil. Mag., 1946, ser. 7, vol. 37, p. 390. [M.A. 10–134.]CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 139 note 1 Tolansky, S., Proc. Physical Soc., 1946, vol. 58, p. 654. [M.A. 10–134.]CrossRefGoogle Scholar