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This
collection
features
examples
of
using
visualization
in
teaching
and
includes
concept
maps,
microscope
videos,
and
animations
of
crystal
structures.
The
concept
maps
are
used
to
show
how
information
can
be
linked.
The
scope
videos
are
used
to
show
how
optical
properties
change
as
a
function
of
orientation.
These
videos
show
minerals
in
plane
polarized
light,
cross
polarized
light,
and
conoscopic
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This
website
describes
the
animations
and
software
Crystal
Movies,
XtalDraw,
and
XPow.
Crystal
Movies
are
gif
animations
that
illustrate
the
evolution
of
crystal
structures
as
functions
of
pressure,
temperature,
chemistry,
or
orientation.
XtalDraw
is
an
interactive
Windows-based
software
that
draws
ball
and
stick,
polyhedral,
and
thermal
ellipsoid
representations
of
crystal
and
molecular
structures.
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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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The website features a wealth of interesting and educational sites covering many aspects of mineralogy. Topics listed include mineralogy and crystallography resource pages, mineralogy organizations, journals, databases, images, museum and educational sites, and software.
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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.
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website
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This
is
a
chapter
on
spectroscopy
from
The
Manual
of
Remote
Sensing,
Volume
3,
Remote
Sensing
for
the
Earth
Sciences.
Topics
in
the
chapter
include
an
overview
of
spectroscopy,
the
reflection
and
absorption
process,
causes
of
absorption,
spectra
of
miscellaneous
minerals
and
materials,
the
sensitivity
of
absorption
bands
to
crystal
structure
and
chemistry
and
the
scattering
process.
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chapter
also
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