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This is the first modern text to provide a thorough integrated treatment of those parts of the subject that use the polarizing microscope as the central analytical tool. The book is divided into three parts and a comprehensive glossary/index provides easy access to the contents of the book.
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Part 1 Classification, terminology and description: igneous rocks; metamorphic rocks. Part 2 Textures and microscopic structures: crystals and crystallization; igenous crystallization, textures and microstructures; metamorphic crystallization, recrystallization, textures and microstructures. Part 3 Mineral preferred orientations: metamorphic rocks; igneous rocks.
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