Description based on: v. 3, published in 2003.
The text has been completely rewritten and very much expanded to take account of the many advances that have been made in all aspects of the Earth sciences, not least mineralogy.
This revised edition has entailed a thorough re-writing of the text, taking account of the impressive advances that have been made in all aspects of earth sciences, particularly mineralogy, over...
The book will provide an invaluable guide to all undergraduate earth scientists, as well as to professional geologists requiring an overview of mineral identification in thin section.
Deer , Howie and Zussman ROCK - FORMING MINERALS Volume 3A ( Second edition ) Micas by M. E. Fleet Volume 3A of the ... The Rock - Forming Minerals Series : Volume 1A : Orthosilicates ( second edition ) Volume 1B : Disilicates & ring ...
V. 1. Ortho- and ring silicates.--v. 2. Chain silicates.--v. 4. Framework silicates.--v. 5. Non-silicates.
'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
Rock-Forming Minerals, Volume 1A: Orthosilicates, 2nd ed. London, UK, The Geological Society. Deer, W.A., Howie, R.A., & Zussman, J. (1986). Rock-Forming Minerals, Volume 1B: Disilicates and Ring Silicates, 2nd ed.
This book provides a very basic introduction to electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). It has the largest compiled collection of EDS spectra ever published and covers most common rock forming minerals.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
Rock Forming Minerals: Orthosilicates