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Rocks and minerals in thin section / W.S. MacKenzie, Emeritus Professor of Petrology, (University of Manchester), England, A.E. Adams, Senior Lecturer in Geology (retired), (University of Manchester), England, K.H. Brodie, Senior Lecturer in Geology, (University of Manchester), England

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Leiden, The Netherlands; CRC Press/Balkema, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Revised 2nd editionDescription: ix, 232 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138091849
  • 1138091847
  • 9781138028067
  • 1138028061
Other title:
  • Color atlas of rocks and minerals in thin section
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 552.06 MAC 23
LOC classification:
  • QE434 .M33 2017
Contents:
Part 1. Optical mineralogy -- Part 2. Minerals -- Part 3. Igneous rocks -- Part 4. Sedimentary rocks -- Part 5. Metamorphic rocks.
Summary: This concise, clear and handy-sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identification in thin section, using the polarizing microscope, of samples of the commonly occurring 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 confidence 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.
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Originally published as: A color atlas of rocks and minerals in thin section / W.S. MacKenzie, A.E. Adams : New York, NY : J. Wiley, ©1994.

Includes index.

This concise, clear and handy-sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identification in thin section, using the polarizing microscope, of samples of the commonly occurring 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 confidence 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.

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