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• Preface
• Abbreviations and Symbols
• Contents
• About the Author
• PART I Principles and Techniques of Optical Mineralogy
• 1 Properties of Light
• Introduction
• Dual Nature of Light
• Light as Transverse Waves
• Wave Surfaces
• Optical Phenomena
• Polarization of Light
• Double Refraction
• Interference of Light
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 2 Sample Preparation for Transmitted Light Microscopy
• Introduction
• The Polarizing Microscope – Primary Equipment for Optical Mineralogy
• The Purpose of Sample Preparations
• Nature of Samples
• Size of Samples
• Thickness of a Sample and the Concept of Transparency
• Polishing and Mounting Rock Chips
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 3 Refractometry
• Introduction
• Relief
• Becke Line
• Oblique Illumination Method
• Refractometers
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 4 Optical Crystallography
• Introduction
• Isotropic Optics
• Uniaxial Optics
• Biaxial Optics
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 5 The Polarizing Microscope
• Introduction
• The Compound Microscope
• The Polarising Microscope
• Use and Care of Polarizing Microscopes
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 6 Microscopic Examination of Minerals I: Orthoscopic Condition
• Introduction
• Examination in Ordinary Light
• Under Plane Polarized Light
• Crossed Polars
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 7 Microscopic Examination of Minerals II
• Examination in Crossed Polars (Contd.)
• Measurement of Extinction Angle
• Zoning and Overgrowth
• Optical Anomalies
• Properties Requiring the Use of Compensators
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 8 Microscopic Examination of Minerals III: Conoscopic Condition
• Introduction
• The Microscope as a Conoscope
• Uniaxial Crystals
• Biaxial Crystals
• Dispersion
• Optic Sign Determination
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 9 Reorienting Techniques
• Introduction
• Spindle Stage
• Universal Stage
• Fundamental Principle
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• 10 New Frontiers in Microscopy
• Introduction
• Fluid Inclusion Studies
• Image Analysis System
• Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
• Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
• Summary
• Important Terms
• Questions
• Suggestion for Further Reading
• PART II Systematic Description of Common Rock Forming Minerals
• 11 Nesosilicates
• Olivine
• Plane Polarized Light
• Monticellite
• Garnet
• Vesuvianite (Idocrase)
• Zircon
• Andalusite
• Kyanite
• Sillimanite
• Mullite
• Staurolite
• Sphene
• Topaz
• Chloritoid
• 12 Sorosilicates and Cyclosilicates
• Zoisite
• Clinozoisite – Epidote Series
• Allanite (Orthite)
• Piemontite
• Pumpellyite
• Lawsonite
• Beryl
• Tourmaline
• Cordierite
• 13 Inosilicates
• Orthopyroxenes Series
• Pigeonite
• Diopside – Hedenbergite Series
• Augite
• Omphacite
• Jadeite
• Aegirine to Aegirine – Augite
• Wollastonite
• Sapphirine
• Anthophyllite
• Cummingtonite-Grunerite
• Tremolite – Actinolite Series
• Calcic Amphibole (“Common” – Hornblende)
• Glaucophane
• Riebeckite
• 14 Phyllosilicates
• Serpentine
• Talc
• Muscovite
• Paragonite
• Biotite
• Chlorite
• Gluconite
• Apophyllite
• Stilpnomelane
• Prehnite
• 15 Tektosilicates
• á-Quartz
• á-Tridymite
• -Cristobalite
• Coesite
• FELDSPAR GROUP
• ALKALI FELDSPAR GROUP
• The Sanidine – High Albite Series
• The Orthoclase – Low Albite Series
• The Microcline – Low Albite Series
• Plagioclase Feldspar
• NEPHELINE GROUP
• Leucite
• Sodalite
• Scapolite
• Natrolite
• Chabazite
• Heulandite
• Stilbite
• Laumontite
• 16 Non-silicates
• Corundum
• Rutile
• Spinel
• Perovskite
• Barite
• Gypsum
• Anhydrite
• Calcite
• Dolomite
• Aragonite
• Apatite
• Monazite
• Xenotime
• Fluorite
• Halite
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4