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KEY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTION
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barker, Andrew J.
- Series:
- Balkema Book.
- Balkema Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rock-forming minerals--Identification.
- Rock-forming minerals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] CRC Press, 2017.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany, the mineral key provides an effi cient 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
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Key to rock-forming minerals in thin-section; Section 1: 2 (or 3) cleavage traces; Section 2: 1 Cleavage trace, inclined extinction; Section 3: 1 Cleavage trace, straight extinction, colourless; Section 4: 1 Cleavage trace, straight extinction, coloured; Section 5: Imperfect cleavage, parting or arranged fractures; Section 6: 0 Cleavage traces, colourless; Section 7: 0 Cleavage traces, coloured; Section 8: Opaque minerals; Appendix 1: Birefringence value (δ) and corresponding interference colours for a 30μm rock thin-section
- Appendix 2: Birefringence table of minerals in order of δ valuesAppendix 3: Glossary; Appendix 4: Mineral abbreviations; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781317697237
- 1317697235
- 9780429227486
- 0429227485
- 9781138430167
- 1138430161
- 9781138001145
- 1138001147
- OCLC:
- 1080586300
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