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Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical including optical properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Presently, xrays and electron microscopes are in use as a result of experiments advanced by bragg 1890 1971. Titles of related interestrutleys elements of mineralogy, 26th edn. A practical introduction to optical mineralogy colin gribble springer. This is an ideal textbook for both advanced undergraduates and graduate students. V, cr, mn, fe, co, ni, and cu in oxide and silicate minerals causes them to be opaque or strongly colored so that the streak, the ma rk that they leave when. The unique aspect about the textbook mineralogy and optical mineralogy is the dvd complement. Pdf optical mineralogy third edition previous editions. Free mineralogy books download ebooks online textbooks. Na description this note explains the properties of light and its interaction with mineral grains. Descriptive mineralogy should include first of all a description of the crystallographic, general physical and chemical characters of each mineral species, and should further give an account of its mode of. Considered by many to be the ultimate encyclopaedia of mineralogy, this.
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