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Covering theory and practice, this wide-ranging introductory textbook covers the main optical properties of rock-forming minerals that can be recognized under the polarizing microscope. The authors elucidate the basic elements of microscopy, the theory of light transmission through translucent minerals, and the properties of light reflected from op
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of tables
- List of plates
- Symbols and abbreviations used in the text
- 1. Introduction to the microscopic study of minerals
- 2. Silicate minerals
- 3. The non-silicates
- 4. Transmitted-light crystallography
- 5. Reflected-light theory
- Appendix A: Refractive indices
- Appendix B: 2 V size and sign of biaxial minerals
- Appendix C: Properties of ore minerals
- Appendix D: Mineral identification chart
- Appendix E: Gangue minerals
- Bibliography