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 ...

"These are termed the common rock-forming minerals and include feldspar, olivine, pyroxene, mica, quartz and amphibole." Igneous rocks may be subjected to high heat and pressure, or exposed to fluids ...