Introduction to optical mineralogy

Nesse, William D. - Oxford : Oxford University - 2013
Includes one color foil; appendix a: sample preparation; grain mount; thin section; spindle stage; polished section; appendix b: identification tables; appendix c: mineral associations; mineral index; subject index

Light -- The Petrographic Microscope -- Refractometry -- Optics of Isotropic Materials -- Optics of Anisotropic Minerals: Introduction -- Uniaxial Optics -- Biaxial Optics -- Reflected Light Optics -- Identification of Minerals -- Framework Silicates -- Sheet Silicates -- Chain Silicates -- Disilicates and Ring Silicates -- Orthosilicates -- Carbonates, Borates, Sulfates, and Phosphates -- Native Elements, Sulfides, Halides, Oxides, and Hydroxides.