Optical Mineralogy [Hardcover]

Paul Francis Kerr (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 492 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College; 4th edition (March 1, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070342180
• ISBN-13: 978-0070342187
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #842,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #97 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Chemistry > Geochemistry

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable Identification Guide, September 19, 2000

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David Michael Poulsen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Optical Mineralogy (Hardcover)

As a user of this book as a student of Geology I can highly recommend it. There is no douth in my mind that this remains the best book made for identification in optical mineralogy. In addition to containing descriptions of optical properties for over 450 minerals, it has a easy to use system of tabels which crossreference and compare the optical properties of the minerals. This system is very well taliored and makes identification, not a dream but a lot easier. The book also has a large section on the theory of optical mineralogy and polarizing microscope.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Information Rich Treasure, June 19, 2000

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Peter Timusk "exhausted scholar" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Optical Mineralogy (Hardcover)

I used an older edition of this book in my crystallography studies. It is fasinating to see the pictures. There is a complete section that was helpful on using the polarising microscope. It also has an identification guide which is useful although a modern database could also do this type of searching. A good book for a geology student.

5.0 out of 5 stars love old text, March 20, 2009

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This review is from: Optical Mineralogy Published Formerly Under the Title Thin-Section Mineralogy (Hardcover)

Old text are GREAT! This little book has a great deal of useful information presented in a format that is accessable and understandable to the beginner.