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Crystal Identification with the Polarizing Microscope

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  1. Richard E. Stoiber

    1. Dartmouth College, USA

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  2. Stearns A. Morse

    1. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-xiv
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  2. Crystal Identification and Optical Principles

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    Pages 1-30

  3. Equipment and Preparation of Materials

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    Pages 31-48

  4. The Immersion Method

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    Pages 49-75

  5. Isotropic Crystal Identification

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    Pages 76-86

  6. Phase Relationships and Interference

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    Pages 87-101

  7. Anisotropic Crystals

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    Pages 102-115

  8. Uniaxial Crystal Optics

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    Pages 116-122

  9. Uniaxial Interference Figures

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    Pages 123-135

  10. Identification of Uniaxial Crystals

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    Pages 136-158

  11. Biaxial Crystal Optics

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    Pages 159-171

  12. Biaxial Interference Figures

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    Pages 172-198

  13. Identification of Biaxial Crystals

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    Pages 199-226

  14. Crystallographic Relations of Biaxial Crystals

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    Pages 227-246

  15. Optic Orientation in Stereo

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    Pages 247-281

  16. Special Orientation Methods

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    Pages 282-288

  17. Use of the Dispersion Method

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    Pages 289-308

  18. Crystal Identification Recipes

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    Pages 309-324

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 325-358
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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

  • Dartmouth College, USA

    Richard E. Stoiber

  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA

    Stearns A. Morse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Crystal Identification with the Polarizing Microscope

  • Authors: Richard E. Stoiber, Stearns A. Morse

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2387-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-04831-9Published: 31 August 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2387-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 288

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Physical Chemistry, Mineral Resources

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