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Heavy minerals - minerals that sink rather than float in a dense liquid - are introduced in this work. Its main aim is to provide a manual to assist in the microscopic identification of common transparent heavy minerals in sediments. The first part deals with the principles of heavy mineral analysis and discusses the significance of factors affecting heavy mineral assemblages; there are brief references to commonly used laboratory methods and auxiliary techniques and the section concludes with examples. The book then looks at identification and offers a description of detrital morphology and diagnostic features of 61 transparent heavy mineral species. Optical properties and characteristics are presented together with information on the occurrence of these minerals in their parent rocks. This work should be of interest to students, researchers and professionals in sedimentology and petroleum exploration, especially those concerned with clastic hydrocarbon reservoirs.
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The care in selecting and arranging multiple grains is effective and pleasing to the eye. The descriptive text is informative and the many references are up-to-date. This book should take the new practitioner up the learning curve with speed. - Geological Magazine; The colour photographs are outstanding. This also holds for the printing and layout of the book. Both the authors and the publisher did a good job. - Sedimentary Geology; The high-quality micrographs form the core of this book, and provide a manual which should be invaluable to sedimentary petrographers... should become a standard reference for all engaged in the identification and description of heavy minerals. I have no hesitation in recommending this text. - Engineering Geology; The text is clear and concise...this is an excellent book - Geoscientist
Synopsis:
Heavy minerals - minerals that sink rather than float in a dense liquid - are introduced in this reference book which is fully illustrated in colour. In the context of sedimentological research and petroleum exploration studies, interest in heavy minerals has increased significantly in recent years and the appearance of this new reference will facilitate the exploitation of their full potential. The primary aim of the book is to provide a manual to assist in the microscopic identification of the most common transparent heavy minerals in sediments. Part 1, which deals with the principles of heavy mineral analysis, concludes with some useful examples. Part 2 focuses on identification and presents a detailed description of 61 transparent heavy-mineral species. Each mineral description is accompanied by one or more colour illustrations.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 004445564X
- ISBN 13 9780044455646
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages120
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