Sedimentary microstructures

Maturity

Fragment shape

Roundness

Composition

Matrix and cement

Diagenetic features

Sorting

Metamorphic microstructure

Foliations and crenulations

Lineations

Ductile shear microstructures

Igneous microstructure

General principles of igneous microstructure

Grain texture

Crystal shapes

Porphyritic structure

Phenocryst shape: implications

Spherulites

Graphic and other intergrowth textures