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Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section / W.S. MacKenzie and C. Guilford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacKenzie, W. S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minerals--Pictorial works.
- Minerals.
- Thin sections (Geology)--Pictorial works.
- Thin sections (Geology).
- Rocks--Pictorial works.
- Rocks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Hurray for Mackenzie and Guilford for at last we have a pictorial guide to the rock-forming minerals! . . . such feasts of colour in mineralogy books are rare . . . an admirable guide'New Scientist
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Birefringence chart; Olivine; Monticellite; Chondrodite; Zircon; Sphene; Garnet; Vesuvanite (Idocrase); Sillimanite; Mullite; Andalusite; Andalusite & Sillimanite intergrowth; Kyanite; Topaz; Staurolite; Chloritoid; Sapphirine; Eudialyte; Zoisite; Epidote; Piemontite; Allanite (Orthite); Lawsonite; Pumpellyite; Melilite; Cordierite; Tourmaline; Axinite; Orthopyroxene; Augite; Titanaugite; Clinopyroxene & Orthopyroxene intergrowth; Aegirine-augite; Jadeite; Wollastonite; Pectolite; Anthophyllite - Gedrite
- Cummingtonite - GruneriteTremolite - Ferroactinolite; Hornblende; Kaersutite; Glaucophane; Arfvedsonite; Aenigmatite; Astrophyllite; Lamprophyllite; Muscovite; Biotite; Stilpnomelane; Pyrophyllite; Talc; Chlorite; Serpentine; Prehnite; Microcline; Perthite & Microperthite; Sanidine; Anorthoclase; Plagioclase; Quartz; Myrmekite; Granophyric texture; Tridymite; Cristobalite; Nepheline; Sanidine & Nepheline; Leucite; Nosean; Cancrinite; Scapolite; Analcite; Corundum; Rutile; Perovskite; Spinel; Brucite; Calcite; Dolomite; Apatite; Fluorite; Deerite; Howieite; Zussmanite; Yoderite; Index
- Notes:
- "First published 1980 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-87379-3
- 1-315-83741-2
- 1-317-87380-7
- 9781315837413
- OCLC:
- 884016023
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