Optical Mineralogy

Front Cover
McGraw-Hill, 1977 - Science - 492 pages

Contents

Mineral Preparations for Microscopic Study
3
The Polarizing Microscope
13
A Summary of the Properties of Light
51
Refraction
59
Plane Polarized Light in Minerals
81
Convergent Polarized Light
108
Figures Uniaxial Interference Figures Vibration Directions
131
Crystallization Color
148
Abstract Methods of Mounting Immersion Method
177
Introduction to Part Two
211
Carbonates Borates Sulfates and Phosphates
241
Framework Structures Tectosilicates
272
Chain Structures Inosilicates
341
Single Multiple and Ring Si0 Structures
377
Sheet Structures and Mineraloids
428
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Mineral Fragments
169

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