Download or read book Rock forming Minerals in Thin Section written by Hans Pichler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identificationof rock-forming minerals in thin section is a key skill needed by all earth science students and practising geologists. This translation of the completely revised and updated German second edition (by Leonore Hoke, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand) provides a comprehensive guide to identifying 140 of the most important rock-forming mineral species. The book is divided into three main parts. Part A is a practical guide to the fundamentals of crystal optics, polarization microscopy and the practical use of microscopes. Part B gives a detailed description of the characteristic optical features, special features, and the paragenesis of the most common rock-forming minerals. This well-illustrated part is divided into opaque minerals, isotropic, uniaxial and optical biaxial mineral groups. Part C contains identification tables for the minerals and diagrams showing the international classification of magmatic rocks, as well as a colour plate section showing crystal forms of minerals. The book will provide an invaluable guide to all undergraduate earth scientists, as well as to professional geologists requiring an overview of mineral identification in thin section.

Download or read book A Key to Common Rock forming Minerals in Thin Section written by Cordell Durrell and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Key for Identification of Rock Forming Minerals in Thin Section written by Andrew J. Barker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany, the mineral key provides an efficient and systematic approach to identifying rock-forming minerals in thin-section. This unique approach covers 150 plus of the most commonly encountered rock-forming minerals, plus a few rarer but noteworthy ones. Illustrated in

Download or read book A Key for the Determination of Rock forming Minerals in Thin Sections written by Albert Johannsen and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Key for Identification of Rock Forming Minerals in Thin Section written by Andrew J. Barker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany, the mineral key provides an efficient and systematic approach to identifying rock-forming minerals in thin-section. This unique approach covers 150+ of the most commonly encountered rock-forming minerals, plus a few rarer but noteworthy ones. Illustrated in full colour, with 330+ high quality mineral photomicrographs from a worldwide collection of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, it also provides a comprehensive atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin-section. Commencing with a brief introduction to mineral systems, and the properties of minerals in plane-polarised and cross-polarised light, the mineral key also includes line drawings, tables of mineral properties and an interference colour chart, to further aid mineral identification. To minimise the chance of misidentification, and enable less experienced petrologists to use the key with confidence, the key has been arranged to prioritise those properties that are most easily recognised. Designed for simplicity and ease of use, it is primarily aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of mineralogy and petrology, but should also provide a valuable source of reference for all practising geologists dealing with rock thinsections and their interpretation.

Download or read book A Key to the Common Rock forming Minerals in Thin Section written by Cordell Durrell and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Key for the Determination of Rock Forming Minerals in Thin Sections Classic Reprint written by Albert Johannsen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Key for the Determination of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Sections Tables for the determination of minerals have heretofore been made of secondary importance in text books. In this volume the reverse method has been adopted and the de scriptive tables make up the greater portion of the book. Theoretical discussions in optics have been avoided so far as possible, and only enough has been given to make clear that which is necessary for the practical determination of the minerals. The material has been condensed as much as is consistent with clearness, and all of the descriptions are given in as concise a form as possible. Owing to the difficulty of having the pages of the index indented by machinery, it was found necessary to extend the leaves to the full width of the book, and to indicate the lines along which the student should cut the pages. After trim ming along the lines shown, it will be found convenient to form another index guide by cutting off about one-half inch from the upper right hand corners of the pages descriptive of negative minerals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Determination of Rock forming Minerals written by Eugen Hussak and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Introduction to the Rock forming Minerals written by William Alexander Deer and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1992 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition has entailed a thorough re-writing of the text, taking account of the impressive advances that have been made in all aspects of earth sciences, particularly mineralogy, over the recent years.

Download or read book A Key for the Determination of Rock Forming Minerals in Thin Sections written by Albert Johannsen and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...crystals in drying gelatine from HCl. Sodalite has less perfect cleavage, and seldom has borders. (Si0, )3Al2AlS0, NaCaNa2, H=5.5, G =2.27-2.50. Isometric. Cleavage: Cross-sections parallel to (100) or (110) show two systems at right angles. Habit: Usually occurs in crystals (110), crystal fragments, or rounded grains. Colorless, blue, gray, brownish, red, yellow, and green. Color often irregularly distributed or zonal. Index: = 1.496-1.504. Sometimes shows optical anomalies either about inclusions or as a dark cross. Hauynite usually contains inclusions at the center or around periphery. It is often altered. Gelatinizes easily with HCl, and gypsum crystals result from the drying gelatine. Noselite gives few gypsum crystals. Sodalite has less perfect cleavage and seldom has borders. KAlSi2Oe, Isometric. Cleavage: Not noticeable, irregular cracks. Habit: Six-or eight-sided to rounded grains. Very often con-tains inclusions in regular zones. Colorless to gray. 1u = 1.508, = 1.509. Birefringence: Very low, =001. Optical anomalies; shows poly-synthetic twinning. HCl attacks leucite slightly in thin sections, but the powdered mineral is dissolved with a separation of silica. All minerals but analcite differ from leucite in having higher indices and higher double refraction. The twinning and crystal form of leucite also distinguish it. Analcite and sodalite group may be confused with isotropic leucite. Either may be distinguished by the greater re-sistance of leucite to HCl and by its micro-chemical reactions, giving isometric potassium fluosilicate crys-tals, while analcite gives hexagonal sodium fluosilicate crystals. The mineral is isotropic. Colored. Index of refraction is greater than that of Canada...

Download or read book Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section written by W.S. MacKenzie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, clear and handy–sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identifi cation in thin section, using the polarizing microscope, of samples of the commonlyoccurring rocks and minerals. Illustrated with a wealth of full colour thin section photomicrographs, and with the original images enhanced by new examples and a revised text, the book explains how to observe mineral and rock samples under the microscope. The book highlights the important diagnostic features of minerals and deals with all rock types – igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic – each with equal emphasis and authority, giving students the knowledge and confi dence to begin to identify specimens for themselves. While intended for students 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.

Download or read book Energy Dispersive Spectrometry of Common Rock Forming Minerals written by Kenneth P. Severin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a very basic introduction to electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). It has the largest compiled collection of EDS spectra ever published and covers most common rock forming minerals. In addition, it provides a key to help the novice wade through the large number of spectra.

Download or read book Atlas of Igneous Rocks and Their Textures written by W. S. MacKenzie and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 1982 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to the "Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section", this full-colour handbook is designed to be used as a laboratory manual both by elementary students of earth sciences undertaking a study of igneous rocks in thin section under the microscope, and by more advanced students and teachers as a reference work. The book is divided into two parts - Part one is devoted to photographs of many of the common textures found in igneous rocks with brief descriptions accompanying each photograph. Part two illustrates the appearance of examples of some sixty of the commonest (and a few not so common) igneous rock types; each photograph is accompanied by a brief description of the field of view shown. Nearly 300 full-colour photographs are included, and in many cases the same view is shown both in plen-polarized light and under crossed polars. A brief account of how thin sections can be prepared is included as an appendix.

Download or read book Essentials for the Microscopical Determination of Rock forming Minerals and Rocks written by Albert Johannsen and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology written by Swapan Kumar Haldar and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology, second edition, presents the essentials of both disciplines through an approach accessible to industry professionals, academic researchers, and students alike. This new edition emphasizes the relationship between rocks and minerals, right from the structures created during rock formation through the economics of mineral deposits. While petrology is classified on the lines of geological evolution and rock formation, mineralogy speaks to the physical and chemical properties, uses, and global occurrences for each mineral, emphasizing the need for the growth of human development. The primary goal is for the reader to identify minerals in all respects, including host-rocks, and mineral deposits, with additional knowledge of mineral-exploration, resource, extraction, process, and ultimate use. To help provide a comprehensive analysis across ethical and socio-economic dimensions, a separate chapter describes the hazards associated with minerals, rocks, and mineral industries, and the consequences to humanity along with remedies and case studies. New to the second edition: includes coverage of minerals and petrology in extra-terrestrial environments as well as case studies on the hazards of the mining industry. Addresses the full scope of core concepts of mineralogy and petrology, including crystal structure, formation and grouping of minerals and soils, definition, origin, structure and classification of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks Features more than 250 figures, illustrations and color photographs to vividly explore the fundamental principles of mineralogy and petrology Offers a holistic approach to both subjects, beginning with the formation of geologic structures that is followed by the hosting of mineral deposits and the exploration and extraction of lucrative, usable products that improve the health of global economies Includes new content on minerals and petrology in extraterrestrial environments and case studies on hazards in the mining industry

Download or read book An Expert System for the Identification of Rock Forming Minerals in Thin Section written by Paul Adrian Lench and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atlas of Rock forming Minerals in Thin Section written by William Scott MacKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: