internal reflection
internal reflection (IR) The reflection of light off cleavage or fracture planes just below the surface of certain slightly translucent ore minerals (e.g. cassiterite and sphalerite) and seen as a faint glow when the mineral is viewed under crossed polars in reflected-light or ore microscopy.
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