Atlas of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section |  | Authors: W. S. MacKenzie, C. Guilford
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Pages: 98
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Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.7 x 0.3
ISBN: 0470269219
Dewey Decimal Number: 549.114
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Illustrates, in full color, the appearance of common rock-forming minerals as seen in thin section under the polarizing microscope. Designed as a laboratory manual for use with a standard mineralogy text. Contains over 200 photomicrographs, short chemical descriptions, and summaries of the optical properties of the various minerals. Photographs carefully chosen to depict features by which minerals may be recognized most easily.
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Clear, informative and reader friendly. Good book ! January 4, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Hi, I'm a Chinese and living in Hong Kong. I studied in Earth Sciences for the second year. To me, this book safe me from the lost world in petrology. The colourful, sharp photos in the book illustrated what you'll see under microscope and greatly raise my interest. And, clear notes about the minerals or rocks you looking at have been given. They can give reader both visual and wordful memories. Some other books of this author are also good. They kept the good quality in expressing the information. This book especially good for starter in petrology.
great book May 3, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am Earth Sciences student too. This book is really great for petrology. As I am 1st year student and don't know mineral well so this book give me a guide to classify those minerals.
Superb color photographs April 23, 1999
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have taken a course in Optical Mineralogy and Petrography, and although the text used was Nesse, I believe that this Atlas was adjunct to the course. Although I do not have a petrographic microscope, I recently saw this title in a used book shop near a college town, and could not resist buying it (for about $6 I think). What a bargain. However, such an occurrence is rare indeed.
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