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Optical Mineralogy

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

Test quiz A

What color is azurite?

gold

blue

red

yellow

None

Time's up

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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