Optical Mineralogy

1: Mineral Optics -- Mineral Preparations For Microscopic Study -- The Polarizing Microscope -- A Summary Of The Properties Of Light -- Refraction -- Plane Polarized Light In Minerals -- Convergent Polarized Light -- The Universal Stage -- Observational Features: Crystallization, Color, Mode Of Aggregation, Cleavage, And Orientation -- Mineral Fragments -- Systematic Identification -- 2: Mineral Descriptions -- Elements Of Hydroxides -- Carbonates, Borates, Sulfates, And Phosphates -- Silicates: Framework Structures (tectosilicates) -- Silicates: Chain Structures (inosilicates) Silicates: Single, Multiple, And Ring Sio₄ Structures -- Silicates: Sheet Structures And Mineraloids. Paul F. Kerr. First-2d Ed. By A. F. Rogers And P. F. Kerr; 1st Ed. Published Under Title: Thin-section Mineralogy. Includes Bibliographies And Index.