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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 polarising microscope. The book highlights important diagnostic features of minerals and deals with all rock types - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic - with equal emphasis and authority, giving students the knowledge and confidence to begin to identify specimens for themselves. Each photograph has been specially prepared for the book and has been reproduced in a generous size to the highest quality. In addition to its value to students and instructors 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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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-101874545170

ISBN-139781874545170

eBay Product ID (ePID)117022800

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish

TopicEarth Sciences / Geology, Rocks & Minerals, Nature, Science

AuthorW. S. Mackenzie, A. E. Adams

IllustratorYes

Dimensions

Item Length8.4in

Item Height0.4in

Item Weight12.5 Oz

Item Width6.6in

Additional Product Features

Publication NameColour Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section

Dewey Decimal552/.06

Table of ContentPart I: Optical Mineralogy Part II: Minerals Part III: Igneous Rocks Part IV: Sedimentary Rocks Part V: Metamorphic Rocks Index

Publication Year1994

TypeTextbook

Dewey Edition21

FormatTrade Paperback

ReviewsThis 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, "Ein Sammelband, der den Austausch der Kulturen thematisiert ohne deren Besonderheiten zu vergessen, der methodisch das Aufeinanderzugehen postuliert und praktiziert; kurz: der den Weg zu Uniformitt und Selbstisolation begrYenswerterweise gerade vermeidet. Ihm seien viele Leser und Nachahmer gewnscht."Helge Nowak in: Anglia 1/2007 "This latter grouping of essays, like the majoritiy in the volume as a whole, are subtly mounted, forward-looking and complex, bringing to a conclusion a collection that ist readable and versatile as it is enlightening and original."Mark Thornton Burnett in: Shakespeare Jahrbuch 2007 "There is much to learn from the individual articles as well as from the overall volume."Gesa Stedman in: Renaissance Quarterly 2006, 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 -- Geology Today A book to be recommended -- Open University Geological Society Journal ...the production is exquisite...It will make a useful contribution to petrographic teaching -- Geological Magazine, "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".Geology Today"A book to be recommended" Open University Geological Society Journal"the production is exquisite... It will make a useful contribution to petrographic teaching"Geological Magazine

Target AudienceScholarly & Professional

Number of Pages192 Pages