Optical Mineralogy Lecture Notes
This note explains the properties of light and its interaction with mineral grains. Also describes transmitted light petrography in the identification and familiarization with major rock forming minerals in grain mounts and thin section.
Author(s): Brock University
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Mineralogy Lecture Notes by Chris Koteas
The overarching goals of this note is to develop an understanding of the physical and chemical properties that make specific minerals similar and unique, identify minerals optically, learn the fundamental techniques of mineral analysis, and understand the relationship between minerals and broader geological processes.
Author(s): Chris Koteas
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This book is all about minerals. This fascinating scarce text comprises a wonderfully detailed handbook on the subject of mineralogy. Considered by many to be the ultimate encyclopaedia of mineralogy, this text is very comprehensive and detailed, and has provided the basis for a plethora of other mineralogy and crystallography books.
Author(s): Edward Salisbury Dana
639 Pages
Mineralogy Lecture Notes by Middle East Technical University
This lecture note covers the following topics: Origin of Elements and Composition-Structure of the Earth, Physical Properties of Minerals, Chemical Properties of Minerals, Chemistry and Structure of Minerals, Optical Properties of Minerals, Isotropic and Uniaxial Minerals, Biaxial Minerals and Descriptive Mineralogy.
Author(s): Middle East Technical University
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The principal objective of this note is to enable you to identify and interpret the most common rockforming and economic minerals in hand sample. Major topics covered includes: Symmetry, Crystal Morphology, Stereographic Projections, Twins, and X-ray, Crystal Chemistry, Coordination Polyhedra, Pauling's Rules and Defects, Silicate Structures, Optical Mineralogy.
Author(s): Whitman College
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Mineralogy Lecture Notes Online
This note describes the following topics: Crystallography, Optical Mineralogy, X-ray Diffraction, Crystal Chemistry, Sillicate Minerals, Silica Polymorphs, Feldspars, Micas, Calculating Mineral Formulas, Composition Axes, Triangular Graph Paper.
Author(s): Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts
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Optical Mineralogy Lecture Notes
This note explains the properties of light and its interaction with mineral grains. Also describes transmitted light petrography in the identification and familiarization with major rock forming minerals in grain mounts and thin section.
Author(s): Brock University
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