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This full-colour handbook illustrates the appearance of common rock-forming minerals as seen in thin section under the polarizing microscope. The book contains over 200 photomicrographs accompanied by short descriptions and summaries of the optical properties of the various mine…
'Hurray for Mackenzie and Guilford for at last we have a pictorial guide to the rock-forming minerals! ... such feasts of colour in mineralogy books are rare ... an admirable guide'New Scientist.