Optical Mineralogy : Principles And Practice

ISBN-13: 9781857280142 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 303 str.

Opis

This introductory text deals in detail with the main optical properties of rock-forming minerals that can be recognized under the microscope. Written specifically with the needs of the student in mind, it provides a firm foundation upon which to base more advanced studies of mineral associations and paragenesis, their chemistry and other parameters. It encompasses both the silicate and non-silicate minerals, translucent and opaque, thereby making it useful in studies of ore minerals as well as the more common rock-forming varieties.

Spis treści

Introduction to the microscopic study of minerals; Silicate minerals; The non-silicates; Transmitted-light microscopy; Reflected-light theory Appendices: Biaxial minerals; Uniaxial positive minerals; Uniaxial negative minerals; Isotropic minerals; 2 V and sign of biaxial minerals; Properties of ore minerals; Mineral identification chart; Gangue minerals.

O autorze

Colin D Gribble