A companion
volume to the "Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section", this
full-colour handbook is designed to be used as a laboratory manual both by
elementary students of earth sciences undertaking a study of igneous rocks in
thin section under the microscope, and by more advanced students and teachers
as a reference work.
The book is
divided into two parts - Part one is devoted to photographs of many of the
common textures found in igneous rocks with brief descriptions accompanying
each photograph. Part two illustrates the appearance of examples of some sixty
of the commonest (and a few not so common) igneous rock types; each photograph
is accompanied by a brief description of the field of view shown.