Color Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section

Name: Color Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section
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ISBN: 9780470233382

ISBN-10: 0470233389

ISBN-13: 9780470233382

Edition: 1st 1994

Authors: W. S. MacKenzie, A. E. Adams

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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.

Book details

List price: $80.00
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/22/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 100
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



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