Rarely as crystals, thin platy or stacked, to 2 mm. Kerr and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. As indicated by the table, the most useful optical properties for identifying most minerals are optical class and refractive index. This was the challenge facing the authors of mineralogy and optical mineralogy. Introduction to optical mineralogy download ebook pdf. Chemistry and structure of minerals lecture notes figures. Introduction to optical mineralogy internet archive. The optical data are very distinct for the individual minerals but pseudomorphosing and intergrowth may cause some trouble for the student who deals with these finegrained minerals for the first. The initial chapters familiarize readers with essential concepts in optics and optical mineralogy, and questions at the end of. Manual of optical mineralogy, david shelley, 1975, science, 239 pages.
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