The Strange Optical Properties of Ulexite
Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: Light passing into the mineral ulexite (which crystallizes in a natural “fiber-optic” form) is resolved into fast rays and slow rays, which refract into one another across grain boundaries and experience multiple reflections. The consequence is that an obliquely incident beam of light emerges as three cones from each fiber, with the light in two of the cones being polarized.
Source: Journal of Geological Education
Authors: G. Donald Garlick, W. Barclay Kamb
Institutions: Cal Poly Humboldt, California Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2509985367