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This
resource
is
a
webpage
that
accompanies
a
course
on
asbestos
in
building
materials.
Topics
include
an
introduction
to
the
polarized
light
microscope,
mineral
habit,
the
refractive
index,
color
and
pleochroism,
polarized
light,
birefringence,
retardation
and
interference
colors,
extinction
angles,
and
visual
estimation
of
mineral
percentages.
The
website
features
instructive
photographs
of
thin
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This
resource
is
an
outline
of
a
course
on
optical
mineralogy.
Topics
include
Properties
of
Light,
Refractometry,
Isotropic
Materials,
Anisotropic
Minerals,
Optical
Properties,
Uniaxial
Minerals,
and
Biaxial
Minerals.
This
website
features
tables
with
the
optical
properties
of
many
minerals,
along
with
thin
section
photographs
and
lecture
notes.
The
website
would
be
useful
for
students
of
mineralogy
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This resource is a 43 page pdf document on the principals of optical mineralogy. Topics include light, the polarizing light microscope, the refractive index, optical classes and indicatrix theory, the relationship of optical properties to crystal chemistry, and advanced methods in optical mineralogy. The website features both text and figures.
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This
website
contains
an
introduction
to
the
principles
of
optical
mineralogy.
Topics
include
the
petrographic
microscope,
light,
thin
sections,
and
basic
theoretical
concepts.
The
website
features
text
illustrated
with
ample
photographs,
drawings,
diagrams
and
movies.
The
site
also
contains
self-tests
using
photomicrographs.
This
resource
is
a
useful
tutorial
for
an
introduction
or
a
review
of
optical
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This resource is a table for the identification of minerals with a petrographic microscope. The table lists minerals and their properties, including color in thin section, refractive index, extinction and extinction angle, interference figure, birefringence, twinning and other notes. The table is available in html for web viewing and RTF for printing.
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This
website
provides
an
easy-to-understand
introduction
to
the
basics
of
optical
mineralogy.
Topics
include
the
polarized
light
microscope,
mineral
shape
and
cleavage,
relief,
color
and
pleochroism,
interference
colors,
extinction
angles,
twinning,
opacity,
vibration
directions
and
mineral
identification.
The
site
features
short,
clear
descriptions
accompanied
by
photographs
and
drawings.
This
website
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This
web
site
includes
almost
200
photomicrographs
of
rocks
and
minerals.
All
photographs
are
of
thin
sections
ground
to
.03
mm
thickness,
in
transmitted
white
light.
Some
show
the
appearance
of
minerals
in
plane
polarized
light,
but
most
were
taken
with
crossed
polarizers
on
a
petrographic
microscope,
better
to
illustrate
mineral
properties
and
rock
textures.
The
majority
of
the
pictures
show
a
field
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This
is
the
web
page
for
an
Optical
Mineralogy
course
offered
at
Brock
University.
The
link
to
lecture
outlines
includes
information
on
the
properties
of
light,
including
electromagnetic
radiation,
wave
front,
phase
and
interference,
reflection
and
refraction
and
the
polarization
of
light.
Other
sections
include:
Refractometry,
which
includes
information
on
lens
effect,
internal
reflection,
and
becke
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This
slide
show
provides
basic
information
on
the
three
major
rock
types
and
the
rock
cycle.
Diagrams
of
the
rock
cycle
explain
the
processes
and
changes
that
connect
the
three
rock
types
and
illustrate
how
one
type
can
be
changed
into
another.
Each
of
the
three
types
(sedimentary,
igneous,
metamorphic)
are
described
and
illustrated
with
photographs.
Addresses
for
websites
with
additional
information
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In
this
activity,
students
will
learn
to
measure
the
density
of
various
minerals.
The
activity
will
reinforce
the
usefulness
of
density
as
a
physical
test
for
identification
of
minerals.
Using
a
selection
of
mineral
specimens
of
varying
densities,
they
will
weigh
each
one
in
air,
immerse
it
in
a
graduated
cylinder
of
water,
and
measure
the
amount
of
water
displaced
by
the
specimen.
Dividing
the
weight
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