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Atlas of Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section

By: W.S. Mackenzie C. Guilford
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 058245591X
ISBN-13: 9780582455917
Released: 09 Jun 1980
RRP: £36.99
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Better than the lectures - By: , 08 Mar 2003
This book is more detailed & easier to understand than some of my mineralogy lectures. It may be simple in some parts but it is a great help when studying especiallly if you don't have your own microscope. Its one of the best purchases ive made & would strongly recommend the other books in the series!
Petrology : Only Buy one book - this one - By: jonathan.m.phillips@btinternet.com, 08 Oct 2000
If you are studying Geology, or ever plan to, this book is one of the few "must haves".

Petrology, the study of rocks, is a vast & dangerous expanse full of deep Olivine cravasses, mica lakes & pyroxene swamps. Will you recognise them? Will petrology be the death of you?

Mackenzie & Guilfords book, along with Deer Howie & Zussman is an exceptional reference. All the key minerals that the degree level student will come across in thin section, are dealt with - their pleochroism , their relief & texture. In addition, some common mineral assemblages are also reviewed.

I would have drowned during my Petrology lessons without this book - other students will know that Dr Speedyman is only so good!

If you only buy one Petrology book, buy this one. The Atlas of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section is your Petrological Bible.