Minerals in rock sections

110 chapters

1. 1MINERALS IN ROCK SECTIONS THE PRACTICAL METHODS OF IDENTIFYING MINERALS IN ROCK SECTIONS WITH THE MICROSCOPE ESPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS
2. 2PREFACE TO FOURTH REVISED EDITION, 1913.
3. 3PREFACE TO THIRD REVISED EDITION, 1908.
4. 4PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION, 1905.
5. 5PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION, 1898.
6. 6TABLE OF CONTENTS
7. 7CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
8. 8CHAPTER I. Introductory Optics for Optical Mineralogy.
9. 9The Effects Produced by Crystals on Transmitted Light.
10. 10CHAPTER II. The Petrographical Microscope.[16]
11. 11CHAPTER III. Investigation of Microscopic and Optical Characters of Minerals.
12. 12Becke Method.[35]
13. 13Characters Observed by Polarized Light.
14. 14Characters Observed with both Polarizer and Analyzer[46] in Position, that is with “Crossed Nicols.”
15. 15Method of Testing for the Vibration Directions of the Faster and Slower Rays, a′ and c′, in a Mineral Section.
16. 16Determination of Order of Interference Color.
17. 17Method of Measuring the Strength of the Double Refraction by von Federow Mica Wedge.[60]
18. 18Method of Determining Minerals and Thickness of Section, by Use of Table of Double Refraction (Maximum) and Diagram.[64]

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