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Key for identification of rock-forming minerals in thin section / Andrew J. Barker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2014. Description: vi, 173 p. : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781138001145 (Pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 549.114 23 B255
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Key to rock-forming minerals in thin-section.
Summary: "The key for identification of rock-forming minerals provides an efficient and systematic approach to identifying minerals in thin-section. It is structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany and entomology. The present key gives a unique solution for each mineral. The key covers more than 150 of the most commonly encountered rock-forming minerals, plus a few rarer but noteworthy minerals, indicative of particular conditions. Illustrated in full colour, with high quality photomicrographs of each mineral, it also provides the most comprehensive atlas of rock-forming minerals currently available."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Key to rock-forming minerals in thin-section.

"The key for identification of rock-forming minerals provides an efficient and systematic approach to identifying minerals in thin-section. It is structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany and entomology. The present key gives a unique solution for each mineral. The key covers more than 150 of the most commonly encountered rock-forming minerals, plus a few rarer but noteworthy minerals, indicative of particular conditions. Illustrated in full colour, with high quality photomicrographs of each mineral, it also provides the most comprehensive atlas of rock-forming minerals currently available."--

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