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Gill, Robin (2010).
This book is designed to help students of the geosciences to develop key skills in identifying igneous minerals.
Each chapter addresses a specific compositional category of magmatic rocks, with a chapter on phase eqilibrium and another on pyroclastic volcanology.
Each chapter ends with exercises, with the answers provided at the back of the book.
Chapters include the following:
An Introduction to Magmas and Magmatic Rocks,
Basalts and Related Rocks,
Magma Differentiation,
Gabbroic Rocks,
Ultramafic and Ultrabasic Rocks,
Andesite, Dacite and Rhyolite,
How Magmas Erupt,
Granitic Rocks,
Alkali Rocks,
Appendix A, Mineral Identification Using a Polarizing Microscope,
Appendix B, Petrographic Calculations,
Appendix C, Symbols, Units and Constants Used in this Book.
440 pages, richly illustrated, paperback, 8-3/4" x 11".
Shipping weight 3 lbs.
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