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Optical Mineralogy

An open-source textbook for college-level students and educators

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Chapters

  • Optical Mineralogy
  • 1 Introduction - Identifying Minerals in Thin Section
  • 2 Quartz, Feldspars, and other Framework Silicates
  • 3 Micas and Other Sheet Silicates
  • 4 Pyroxenes and Pyroxenoids
  • 5 Amphiboles
  • 6 Ring Silicates and Related Minerals
  • 7 Garnet, Olivine, and Other Isolated Tetrahedral Silicates
  • 8 Paired Tetrahedral Silicates and Related Minerals
  • 9 Carbonates
  • 10 Sulfates
  • 11 Non-Opaque Oxides
  • 12 Opaque Oxides
  • 13 Sulfides
  • 14 Other: Graphite, Apatite, Monazite, Fluorite
  • 15 Unknown Mineral Search Routine
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