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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786615303321

Autore

MacKenzie W. S.

Titolo

Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section / / W.S. MacKenzie and C. Guilford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-87379-3

1-315-83741-2

1-317-87380-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GuilfordC

Disciplina

549/.114

Soggetti

Minerals

Thin sections (Geology)

Rocks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1980 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

'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