Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-Section

By Victoria Pease and Alessandro Da Mommio

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-Section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin-section. It showcases minerals in various settings and degrees of alteration and preservation to allow users to best identify their own specimens in practice. Chapter 1 highlights the distinctive characteristics used to identify different minerals. Building on this base, following chapters describe rock textures and types, summarizing their petrogenesis within a plate tectonic framework. This book also includes insights into how additional information from petrographic thin-sections can be obtained using modern analytical methods to increase our understanding of geological processes. The Atlas is an indispensable reference textbook for all facilities that use a petrographic microscope, for professional geoscientists, and as an aid for any student studying minerals and rocks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009112058
• ISBN13: 9781009112055
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 411 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 10.8"