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Richard E. Stoiber
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Dartmouth College, USA
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Stearns A. Morse
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages N2-xiv
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 1-30
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 31-48
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 49-75
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 76-86
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 87-101
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 102-115
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 116-122
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 123-135
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 136-158
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 159-171
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 172-198
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 199-226
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 227-246
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 247-281
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 282-288
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 289-308
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- Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse
Pages 309-324
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Back Matter
Pages 325-358
About this book
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 theory is needed, either to get on with the art, or simply to reconstruct from first principles what is going on, when rote memory fails. In this book we hope to provide both the rote methods and the theoretical background for practitioners at all levels of experience. We draw from several careers-ours, our colleagues', and our students' -in teaching the subject at various levels of sophistication. Our book is intended to serve the needs of industrial and forensic scientists as well as petrogra phers who deal with rocks. Much of our treatment is based on new research, both in matters of presentation and in the optical determination of minerals and other materials.
Authors and Affiliations
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Dartmouth College, USA
Richard E. Stoiber
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
Stearns A. Morse