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    This document is a reference guide about rock-forming minerals that are commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks when viewed under a microscope in thin section. It describes 42 different mineral groups and species arranged alphabetically, including quartz, plagioclase, biotite, garnet, olivine, augite, magnetite, and pyrite. The author and publisher are also cited.

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    This document is a reference guide about rock-forming minerals that are commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks when viewed under a microscope in thin section. It describes 42 different mineral groups and species arranged alphabetically, including quartz, plagioclase, biotite, garnet, olivine, augite, magnetite, and pyrite. The author and publisher are also cited.

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    Rock-Forming Minerals of Igneous and Metamorphic

    Rocks in Thin Section

    by

    Jiří Zimák
    June, 2019

    URGA, www.urga.cz

    Preface
    About the Author
    References and Suggestions for Further Reading
    Rock-Forming Minerals
    1. Quartz
    21. Talc
    2. Sanidine
    22. Serpentine group
    3. Orthoclase
    23. Epidote
    4. Microcline
    24. Allanite
    5. Plagioclase
    25. Calcite
    6. Muscovite
    26. Dolomite
    7. Biotite
    27. Andalusite
    8. Chlorite of the clinochlore–chamosite
    28. Kyanite
    series
    29. Sillimanite
    9. Garnet group
    30. Cordierite
    10. Tourmaline / Schorl
    31. Staurolite
    11. Rutile
    32. Chloritoid
    12. Zircon
    33. Stilpnomelane
    13. Apatite
    34. Wollastonite
    14. Titanite
    35. Vesuvianite
    15. Olivine
    36. Nepheline
    16. Enstatite
    37. Leucite
    17. Augite
    38. Natrolite
    18. Diopside – hedenbergite
    39. Graphite
    19. Magnesio-hornblende – ferro-
    40. Magnetite
    hornblende
    41. Hematite
    20. Tremolite – actinolite
    42. Ilmenite
    43. Pyrite

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