A color atlas of rocks and minerals in thin section
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A color atlas of rocks and minerals in thin section
Halsted Press, c1994
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Rocks and minerals in thin section
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Spine title: Rocks and minerals in thin section
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:pbk ISBN 9780470233382
Description
An introduction to the use of thin sections in the study of petrography--the scientific description of rocks. It covers all rock types--igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic--and provides readers with an excellent overview of the subject.
Table of Contents
- Partial table of contents: OPTICAL MINERALOGY
- The Polarizing Microscope
- Description of Minerals
- MINERALS
- Olivine
- Amphibole
- Quartz
- Microcline
- Calcite
- Garnet
- IGNEOUS ROCKS
- Basalt
- Gabbro
- Andesite
- Diorite
- Microgranite
- Phonolite
- SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
- Sub-Arkose
- Greywacke
- Micaceous Sandstone
- Ooid Grainstone
- Bioclast Packstone
- Dolomite
- Replacement Chert
- Banded Ironstone
- Volcaniclastic Rocks
- METAMORPHIC ROCKS
- Mylonite
- Biotite Hornfels
- Serpentinite
- Garnet Mica Schist
- Kyanite Gneiss
- Two Pyroxene Granulite
- Retrograde Eclogite
- Index
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:cased ISBN 9780470236284
Description
An introduction to the use of thin sections in the study of petrography--the scientific description of rocks. It covers "all" rock types--igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic--and provides readers with an excellent overview of the subject.
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