Crystal Identification with the Polarizing Microscope - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

List of symbols. Preface. Efficient use of this book. Crystal identification and optical principles. Equipment and preparation of materials. The immersion method. Isotropic crystal identification. Phase relationships and interference. Anisotropic crystals. Uniaxial crystal optics. Uniaxial interference figures. Identification of uniaxial crystals. Biaxial crystal optics. Biaxial interference figures. Identification of biaxial crystals. Crystallographic relations of biaxial crystals. Optic orientation in stereo. Special orientation methods. Use of the dispersion method. Crystal identification practicum; Appendix A: optical properties of common rock-forming minerals. Appendix B: identification of fibrous asbestos; References. Index.

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