ISBN:
9781461596929
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XV, 303 p)
,
online resource
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
DDC:
50
Keywords:
Science (General)
Description / Table of Contents:
1 Introduction to the microscopic study of minerals1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The transmitted-light microscope -- 1.3 The appearance of thin sections using transmitted-light microscopy -- 1.4 Systematic description of minerals in thin section using transmitted light -- 1.4.1 Properties in plane polarized light -- 1.4.2 Properties under crossed polars -- 1.5 The reflected-light microscope -- 1.6 The appearance of polished sections under the reflected-light microscope -- 1.7 Systematic description of minerals in polished section using reflected light -- 1.8 Observations using oil immersion in reflected-light studies -- 1.9 Polishing hardness -- 1.10 Microhardness (VHN) -- 1.11 Practical points on the use of the microscope (transmitted and reflected light) -- 1.12 Preparation of thin and polished sections -- 2 Silicate minerals -- 2.1 Crystal chemistry of silicate minerals -- 2.2 Mineral descriptions -- 3 The non-silicates -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Arsenides -- 3.3 Carbonates -- 3.4 Halides -- 3.5 Hydroxides -- 3.6 Native elements -- 3.7 Oxides -- 3.8 Phosphates -- 3.9 Sulphates -- 3.10 Sulphides -- 3.11 Tungstates -- 4 Transmitted-light crystallography -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Refraction -- 4.3 The refractive index -- 4.4 The Becke effect and the Becke line -- 4.5 Birefringence and Newton’s Scale of Interference Colours -- 4.5.1 Anomalous interference colours -- 4.6 Isotropic and anisotropic minerals -- 4.7 The isotropic indicatrix -- 4.8 The uniaxial indicatrix -- 4.9 The biaxial indicatrix -- 4.10 Pleochroism -- 5 Reflected-light theory -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Colour of minerals in PPL -- 5.3 Isotropic and anisotropic sections -- Appendix A Refractive indices -- Appendix B 2V size and sign of biaxial minerals -- Appendix C Properties of ore minerals -- Appendix D Mineral identification chart -- Appendix E Gangue minerals.
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4615-9692-9
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