Optical Mineralogy (Paperback, 2023)

Part 1: Principles and Techniques of Optical Mineralogy.- Properties of Light.- Sample Preparation for Transmitted Microscopy.- Refractometry.- Optical Crystallography.- The Polarizing Microscope.- Microscopic Examination of Minerals I: Orthoscopic Condition.- Microscopic Examination of Minerals II.- Microscopic Examination of Minerals III: Conoscopic Condition.- Reorienting Techniques.- New Frontiers in Microscopy.- Part II: Systematic Description of Common Rock Forming Minerals.- Nesosilicates.- Sorrosilicates and Cyclosilicates.- Inosilicates.- Phyllosilicates.- Tektosilicates.- Non-silicates.