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Stoiber, Richard E.; Morse, Stearns A. - Crystal Identification with the Polarizing Microscope - 9780412048319 - V9780412048319
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Crystal Identification with the Polarizing Microscope

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Description for Crystal Identification with the Polarizing Microscope Paperback. Describes the theory and practice of optical mineralogy in terms useful to practitioners from the beginning student to the professional in field and laboratory geology and industrial and environmental mineralogy. This book offers access to techniques of optical crystal identification. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PNT; PNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 20. Weight in Grams: 674.
Some of the simpler measurements of optical mineralogy are so precise and powerful that they give satisfaction to beginning students. Not long after mastering the strike and dip of rock surfaces with the Brunton compass, many geology students are able to determine precisely the identity of quartz, or the anorthite content of plagioclase, or the magne­ sium ratio of pyroxene with the polarizing or petrographic microscope, by means of measuring refractive index to better than one part in a thousand. Very little training and almost no theory are needed to achieve these skills. But there inevitably comes a time when ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412048319
SKU
V9780412048319
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

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