Overview
- Reviews comprehensively the essential concepts in optics and optical mineralogy using petrological microscopes
- Highlights the importance of optical mineralogy in the eliciting of information about the interior of crystals
- Includes illustrations, examples, and questions at the end of each chapter
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About this book
This textbook presents the fundamental concepts and application of optical mineralogy in a very simple, systematic, and comprehensive way. The book is organized into 2 parts: Part I deals with the theory and techniques, and Part II provides a description of the optical properties of common minerals. The book is written in a lucid manner so that students are able to understand the realization behind the concepts in optics and the methods employed to elicit information about the interior of mineral crystals. All the subject fundamentals and related derivations are discussed in an easy and comprehensive way to make the students strong in the basics of optical mineralogy. The key features lie in the illustrations, examples, and questions at the end of each chapter to provide students with practical usage insights into optical mineralogy. The book benefits students who are taking introductory courses in optics to characterize rock minerals.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Principles and Techniques of Optical Mineralogy
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Systematic Description of Common Rock Forming Minerals
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Pramod Kumar Verma, a professor(Retd.) of Geology at the University of Delhi, received his Ph.D. in Geology from Harvard University, USA, in 1973. Dr. Verma has taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses in mineralogy and physical geochemistry during the last four decades. He was primarily a metamorphic petrologist but began his research in the regional geology of metamorphic rocks in the Eastern Himalayas. In addition to the Himalayas, his area of interest was in the petrology of the planetary interior. He published several research articles in leading international journals and edited two books on Eastern Himalayan Geology. Prof. Verma had held visiting assignments in USA, Germany, and Zambia. He was a fellow of the Mineralogical Society London. He also served as the president of the Earth System Sciences Section of the Indian Science Congress and the vice president of the Indian Geological Congress.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Optical Mineralogy
Authors: Pramod K. Verma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40765-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40764-2Published: 24 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40767-3Due: 24 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-40765-9Published: 23 August 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 369
Number of Illustrations: 268 b/w illustrations
Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Mineralogy, Spectroscopy and Microscopy