Atlas of the Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin

'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

Preface

iv

Introduction

v

Birefringence chart

vi

Olivine

1

(2)

Monticellite

3

(1)

Chondrodite

4

(2)

Zircon

6

(1)

Sphene

7

(1)

Garnet

8

(1)

Vesuvanite (Idocrase)

9

(1)

Sillimanite

10

(2)

Mullite

12

(1)

Andalusite

13

(2)

Andalusite & Sillimanite intergrowth

15

(1)

Kyanite

16

(1)

Topaz

17

(1)

Staurolite

18

(1)

Chloritoid

19

(1)

Sapphirine

20

(1)

Eudialyte

21

(1)

Zoisite

22

(1)

Epidote

23

(1)

Piemontite

24

(1)

Allanite (Orthite)

25

(1)

Lawsonite

26

(1)

Pumpellyite

27

(1)

Melilite

28

(2)

Cordierite

30

(2)

Tourmaline

32

(2)

Axinite

34

(1)

Orthopyroxene

35

(1)

Augite

36

(1)

Titanaugite

37

(1)

Clinopyroxene & Orthopyroxene intergrowth

38

(1)

Aegirine-augite

39

(1)

Jadeite

40

(1)

Wollastonite

41

(1)

Pectolite

42

(1)

Anthophyllite - Gedrite

43

(1)

Cummingtonite - Grunerite

44

(1)

Tremolite - Ferroactinolite

45

(1)

Hornblende

46

(2)

Kaersutite

48

(1)

Glaucophane

49

(1)

Arfvedsonite

50

(1)

Aenigmatite

51

(1)

Astrophyllite

52

(1)

Lamprophyllite

53

(1)

Muscovite

54

(1)

Biotite

55

(2)

Stilpnomelane

57

(1)

Pyrophyllite

58

(1)

Talc

59

(1)

Chlorite

60

(2)

Serpentine

62

(1)

Prehnite

63

(1)

Microcline

64

(1)

Perthite & Microperthite

65

(1)

Sanidine

66

(1)

Anorthoclase

67

(1)

Plagioclase

68

(2)

Quartz

70

(2)

Myrmekite

72

(1)

Granophyric texture

73

(1)

Tridymite

74

(1)

Cristobalite

75

(1)

Nepheline

76

(2)

Sanidine & Nepheline

78

(1)

Leucite

79

(1)

Nosean

80

(1)

Cancrinite

81

(1)

Scapolite

82

(1)

Analcite

83

(1)

Corundum

84

(1)

Rutile

85

(1)

Perovskite

86

(1)

Spinel

87

(1)

Brucite

88

(1)

Calcite

89

(1)

Dolomite

90

(2)

Apatite

92

(1)

Fluorite

93

(1)

Deerite

94

(1)

Howieite

95

(1)

Zussmanite

96

(1)

Yoderite

97

(1)

Index

98

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