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This is an excellent book... I am sure that this book will be welcomed both by beginners to thin-section studies, and by those of us who have become a little rusty.
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The skills of microscopic observation and of rock and mineral recognition are fundamental to all introductory courses in the earth sciences and related subjects. By helping to answer the question: "What am I supposed to be looking at?", a colour atlas is an invaluable resource in the teaching and learning process.
In this concise, clear and handy–sized volume, aimed at the introductory undergraduate level, these highly respected and successful authors explain to the reader, with the help of 180 superb colour photomicrographs, how to observe, describe and identify thin section samples of rocks and minerals using the polarizing microscope.
The book highlights important diagnostic features of minerals and deals with all rock types – igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic – with equal empahsis and authority, giving students the knowledge and confidence to begin to identify specimens for theselves. Each photograph has been specially prepared for the book and has been reproduced in a generous size and to the highest quality.
In addition to its value to students and instructors in geology, geography, civil engineering and materials sicence, 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.
- Focuses on Fundamental Skills at the introductory level– adoptable text.
- Covers diagnostic features of minerals and all rock types – igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
- Provides 180 large colour photomicrographs of the highest quality.
- Handy size volume.
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The polarizing or petrographic microscope is distinguished from the more usual biological microscope in that it is equipped with a rotating stage and two polariz-ing filters, one below the stage and the other above it. Read the first page
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