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In this concise, clear and handy-sized volume, aimed at the introductory undergraduate level, these highly respected and successful authors explain to the reader, with the help of 180 superb colour photomicrographs, how to observe, describe and identify thin section samples of rocks and minerals using the polarising microscope. The book highlights important diagnostic features of minerals and deals with all rock types - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic - with equal emphasis and authority, giving students the knowledge and confidence to begin to identify specimens for themselves. Each photograph has been specially prepared for the book and has been reproduced in a generous size to the highest quality. In addition to its value to students and instructors in geology, geography, civil engineering and materials science, the book stands on its own as a beautiful collection of photomicrographs and a permanent source of reference and fascination for all those interested in the nature and science of the world of rocks and minerals.
| ISBN | 1874545170 | | Pages | 192 | | ISBN13 | 9781874545170
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 364 | | Publisher | Manson Publishing Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Manson Publishing Ltd | | Series title | Colour Atlas | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 210 | | Publication date | 01 Apr 1994 | | Width (mm) | 148 | | DEWEY | 552.06 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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Contents Introduction Part 1: Optical Minerology 1 The polarising microscope 2 Description of minerals Part 2: Minerals 3 Introduction 4 Olivine 5 Orthopyroxene 6 Clinopyroxne 7 Two pyroxene intergrowth 8 Amphibole 9 Biotite 10 Muscovite 11 Quartz 12 Feldspars 13 Sanidine 14 Microcline 15 Plagioclase 16 Nepheline 17 Calcite 18 Garnet Part 3: Igneous Rocks 19 Introduction 20 Periodite 21 Olivine-rich basalt 22 Basalt 23 Alkali dolerite 24 Olivine gabbro 25 Gabbro 26 Andesite 27 Diorite 28 Granodiorite 29 Rhyolite 30 Microgranite 31 Granite 32 Alkali granite 33 Phonolite 34 Nepheline syenite 35 Leucitite 36 Lamprophre 37 Ignimbrite Part 4: Sedimentary Rocks 38 Introduction 39 Quartz arenite 40 Sub Arkose 41 Sublitharenite 42 Greywacke 43 Micaceous sandstone 44 Calcareous sandstone 45 Glauconitic sandstone 46 Ooid grainstone 47 Ooid packstone 48 Bioclast packstone 49 Bioclase wackestone 50 Intraclast grainstone 51 Peloid grainstone 52 Carbonate mudstone 53 Dolomite 54 Chert 55 Evaporite 56 Ironstone 57 Volcaniclastic rocks Part 5: Metamorphic Rocks 58 Introduction 59 Mylonite 60 Biotite hornfels 61 Andalusite cordierite hornfels 62 Serpentinite 63 Chloritoid schist 64 Garnet mica schist 65 Diopside fosterite marble 66 Garnet amphibolite 67 Kyanite gneiss 68 Garnet cordierite sillimanite gneiss 69 Two pyroxene granulite 70 Anorthosite 71 Eclogite Index
This is an excellent book. I am sure that this book will be welcomed both by beginners to thin-section studies, and by those of us who have become a little rusty Geology Today A book to be recommended Open University Geological Society Journal the production is exquisite... It will make a useful contribution to petrographic teaching Geological Magazine  Be the first to write a customer review
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