Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section

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Providing detailed information on the rock-forming minerals, this text includes a description of all aspects of identification. A short practical guide to crystal optics is followed by a outline of the characteristic optical features of the most common rock-forming minerals. Identification tables and diagrams for the international classification of magmatic rocks make up the final part of the book, which is supplemented by an index and a true-colour Michel-Levy chart. The book should be of interest to lecturers in departments of geology, mineralogy, geochemists, geophysics, geological engineering, mining and mineral resources; and to professionals in the ceramics industry.