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Optical Mineralogy Colin D Gribble

Optical Mineralogy By Colin D Gribble

Optical Mineralogy by Colin D Gribble


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Summary

Covering theory and practical matters, this wide-ranging introductory textbook for students in the Earth sciences covers not only translucent but also opaque minerals, thereby bridging an artificial divide and embracing minerals important in

Optical Mineralogy Summary

Optical Mineralogy: Principles And Practice by Colin D Gribble

Covering theory and practice, this wide-ranging introductory textbook covers the main optical properties of rock-forming minerals that can be recognized under the polarizing microscope. The authors elucidate the basic elements of microscopy, the theory of light transmission through translucent minerals, and the properties of light reflected from opaque minerals. They discuss properties of the main silicate and non-silicate minerals, both translucent and opaque and how the optical properties may be used to identify a mineral. The book features many diagrams, summary tables, and four pages of color illustrations, making it an ideal textbook as well as an authoritative reference.

About Colin D Gribble

Colin D Gribble

Table of Contents

Introduction to the microscopic study of minerals; Silicate minerals; The non-silicates; Transmitted-light microscopy; Reflected-light theory Appendices: Biaxial minerals; Uniaxial positive minerals; Uniaxial negative minerals; Isotropic minerals; 2 V and sign of biaxial minerals; Properties of ore minerals; Mineral identification chart; Gangue minerals.

Additional information

GOR003641294
9781857280142
1857280148
Optical Mineralogy: Principles And Practice by Colin D Gribble
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19930901
324
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