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Atlas of the Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section
About this book
'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
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Index
Actinolite 45
Aegirine-augite 39
Aenigmatite 51
Allanite 25
Analcite 83
Andalusite 13–15
Anorthoclase 67
Anthophyllite 43
Apatite 92
Arfvedsonite 50
Astrophyllite 52
Augite 36–7
Axinite 34
Biotite 55–6
Brucite 88
Calcite 89
Cancrinite 81
Chlorite 60–1
Chloritoid 19
Chondrodite 4–5
Cordierite 30–1
Corundum 84
Cristobalite 75
Cummingtonite 44
Deerite 94
Dolomite 90–1
Epidote 23
Eudialyte 21
Fayalite 1, 2
Ferroactinolite 45
Fluorite 93
Forsterite 1, 2
Garnet 8
Gedrite 43
Glaucophane 49
Granophyric texture 73
Grunerite 44
Hornblende 46–7
Howieite 95
Idocrase 9
Jadeite 40
Kaersutite 48
Kyanite 16
Lamprophyllite 53
Lawsonite 26
Leucite 79
Melilite 28–9
Microcline 64
Monticellite 3
Mullite 12
Muscovite 54
Myrmekite 72
Nepheline 76–8
Nosean 80
Olivine 1–2
Orthite 25
Orthopyroxene 35
Pectolite 42
Perovskite 86
Perthite and microperthite
Piemontite 24
Plagioclase 68–9
Prehnite 63...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Olivine Mg2SiO4–Fe2SiO4
- Monticellite CaMgSiO4
- Chondrodite Mg(OH, F)2.2Mg2SiO4
- Zircon ZrSiO4
- Sphene CaTiSiO4(O, OH, F)
- Garnet (Mg, Fe, Mn)3Al2Si3O12 almandine group Ca3(Al, Fe, Ti, Cr)2Si3O12 andradite group
- Vesuvianite (Idocrase) Ca10(Mg, Fe)2Al4Si9O34(OH, F)4
- Sillimanite Al2SiO5
- Mullite Al6Si2O13
- Andalusite Al2SiO5
- Andalusite & Sillimanite intergrowth
- Kyanite Al2SiO5
- Topaz Al2SiO4(OH, F)2
- Staurolite (Fe, Mg)2(Al, Fe)9Si4O22(O, OH)2
- Chloritoid (Fe, Mg)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4
- Sapphirine (Mg,.Fe)2Al4SiO10
- Eudialyte (Na, Fe, Ca)6ZrSi6O18(OH, Cl)
- Zoisite Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH)
- Epidote Ca2Fe3+Al2Si3O12(OH)
- Piemontite Ca2(Mn, Fe, Al)2AlSi3O12(OH)
- Allanite (Orthite) (Ca, Ce)2FeAl2Si3O12(OH)
- Lawsonite CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
- Pumpellyite Ca4(Mg, Fe)Al5Si6O23(OH)3·2H2O
- Melilite Ca2Al2SiO7–Ca2MgSi2O7
- Cordierite (Mg, Fe)2Al4Si5O18
- Tourmaline Na(Mg, Fe)3Al6B3Si6O27(OH, F)4
- Axinite (Ca, Fe)3Al2BSi4O15·OH
- Orthopyroxene (Mg, Fe)SiO3
- Augite Ca(Mg, Fe)Si2O6
- Titanaugite
- Clinopyroxene & Orthopyroxene intergrowth
- Aegirine-augite (Na, Ca) (Fe, Mg)Si2O6
- Jadeite NaAlSi2O6
- Wollastonite CaSiO3
- Pectolite Ca2NaSi3O8(OH)
- Anthophyllite – Gedrite (Mg, Fe)7Si8O22(OH, F)2–(Mg, Fe)5Al4Si6O22(OH, F)2
- Cummingtonite – Grunerite (Mg, Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2–(Fe, Mg)7Si8O22(OH)2
- Tremolite – Ferroactinolite Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH, F)2 Ca2Fe5Si8O22(OH, F)2
- Hornblende NaCa2(Mg, Fe)4AlSi6Al2O22(OH, F)2
- Hornblende NaCa2(Mg, Fe)4AlSi6Al2O22(OH, F)2
- Kaersutite NaCa2(Mg, Fe)4(Ti, Fe)Al2Si6O22(OH, F)2
- Glaucophane Na2Mg3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
- Arfvedsonite Na3(Mg, Fe)4AlSi8O22(OH, F)2
- Aenigmatite Na2Fe5TiSi6O20
- Astrophyllite (K, Na)3Fe7Ti2Si8O24(O, OH, F)7
- Lamprophyllite Na3(Ca, Fe)Ti3Si3O14(OH)
- Muscovite KAl3Si3O10(OH, F)2
- Biotite K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH, F)2
- Biotite K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH, F)2
- Stilpnomelane K(Fe, Mg, Al)3Si4O10(O, OH)2·3H2O
- Pyrophyllite AlSi2O5(OH)
- Talc Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
- Chlorite (Mg, Fe, Al)12(Si, Al)8O20(OH)16
- Chlorite (Mg, Fe, Al)12(Si, Al)8O20(OH)16
- Serpentine Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
- Microcline KAlSi3O8
- Perthite & Microperthite (K, Na)AlSi3O8
- Sanidine (K, Na)AlSi3O8
- Anorthoclase (Na, K)AlSi3O8
- Plagioclase NaAlSi3O8–CaAl2Si2O8
- Quartz SiO2
- Myrmekite
- Granophyric texture
- Tridymite SiO2
- Cristobalite Si02
- Nepheline NaAlSiO4
- Sanidine & Nepheline
- Leucite KAlSi2O6
- Nosean 6NaAlSiO4·Na2SO4
- Cancrinite 6NaAlSiO4·Na2CO3
- Scapolite 3(NaAlSi3O8)·NaCl−3(CaAl2Si2O8)·CaCo3
- Analcite NaAlSi2O6·H2O
- Corundum Al2O3
- Rutile TiO2
- Perovskite CaTiO3
- Spinel (Fe, Mg)Al2O4
- Brucite Mg(OH)2
- Calcite CaCO3
- Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2
- Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2
- Apatite Ca5(PO4)3(OH, F, Cl)
- Fluorite CaF2
- Deerite Fe12+2Fe6+3Si12O40(OH)10
- Howieite Na(Fe, Mn)10(Fe, Al)2Si12(O, OH)44
- Zussmanite K(Fe, Mg, Mn)13Al2Si17(O, OH)56
- Yoderite MgAl3Si2O9(OH)
- Index